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Show A LEGEND THAT WAS HISTORY Seldom In tho history of science had such complete proof been given of tho truthful orlg'n of an ancient legend, as in tho discovery of a cave in Nevada recently, filled with relics behoved to bo of tho ancient raco from which tho North American Indians In-dians sprung. Everything pointed to tho fact that tho cava had been sal- cd by naturo moro than 3,000 yoars ago, and ono of tho fossilized skulls found In tho cavern Is believed to bo B.OOO years old oldor than tho famous fam-ous Plttdown skull found in Kent, England. Yet tho story of that cave and tho lives of tho ancient peoplo whOBo rol-les rol-les wero found within had bcon handed hand-ed down through tho gonorat'ons by word of mouth with such accuracy and truth that It guided tho scientists scien-tists to tho cavo itsoif. Tho story had como first to civilization through Gen. Fremont, tho great explorer, when ho led a Uttlo band of whltoB through tho Pluto country In Novada In 1814. An nge'd chief of tho Indians Indi-ans told him, that tho history of tho Indians In that country wont bock to tho very bog'nulngs of tho world and that thousands of yenrs ngo his ancestors had drlvon a wholo nation of tholr enemies Into a hugo cavorn and sealed them thoro to perish. For threo quarters of a century that log- end was regnrdod as nro so many legends le-gends a moro myth. So vividly wns It Imprcssod In tho mind of a modern descendant of tho nged chlof---a brilliant girl studont In tho reservation schools that sho. Ira. pressed tho Novada univcrs't'y's scU ontlsto, and thoy decided to search for tho cavo. Tho girl picked a spot as near as tho logends could guldo her and the Bctontlsts began tho exploration. It was not long be-foro be-foro tho cavo, long scaled up, was discovered and in It were, tho relics which evldontly boro out tho talo that had lived so long among the story tollers of tho tribe Philadelphia Pross. |