Show r A SEVEN DAY TRIP WITH 1 BOY SCOUTS ACROSS UTAH t THE ANCIENT INDIAN WORSHIPED RAIN 0 That which these Indians worship as far as wee can can learne Is the water for they say It their corn to grow and their life and that they know n none ne other reason but that their ancestors ancestors an an- did so Coronado 1 about 1540 I. I 0 r t VERNAL nt 7 oJ 1 Hiler NIU Y I r jIl f CT Y FE t o tJ f e.- e. 7 n i k 05 Q tw i ANTA TA ClARA CIARA K Kf v f i The Most Outstanding Groups Encountered Across Utah Day pay by Day F f Second econ Day tf At the Gap If Near eat Parowan X y Dry Camp Many Fine Glyphs A Breakfast over so close were the ther r glyphs Reed Swenson standing beside beside beside be be- side the table called Tally I see one Yes said E. E D D. D Harris Harr i District District District Dis Dis- Explorer the BIG TREK Ill I'll mark it down clown for you to be told that story tonight Tally cried Truman Jeffery from Delta stepping forward only a few feet what Is this Ive I've found Dekker Dekker Dekker Dek- Dek ker replied Study it what do you think It is Why it looks like a rainbow used for a mans man's shoulders and and- and and- and and and- well maybe a bear paw for a a head Exactly right said Dekker Dekker Dekker Dek- Dek ker mark you down for the RAINBOW RAINBOW RAINBOW RAIN RAIN- BOW YOUTH discussion tonight i.- i. Off a few yards came the shrill yell yeh ell ello o of Hamilton Bennion yah Hi Felllows Felllows Fell- Fell lows heres here's a dozen bear paws Say but look at this string of rainbows rainbows rain rain- bows bows bows- three of em em one is upside down called Harold Johnson scout from Lynndyl And heres here's a rock with a big snake on called Gordon Moody Right o You'll be told that tonight replied T. T K K 0 Calls from every direction denoted denoted ot other er finds Finally two scouts John 4 Taylor from Abrahm and Kay Lyman Lyman Lyt Ly- Ly t r man from Oak City came back from h having ving gone to the outlet of the Gap o only ly a few hundred yards ards and said I 1 I 1 J We found the Turkey and his Tracks plain as print Okey you ou explorers replied Harold Wind be told v r th the Myth of Emergence from Sipapu tonight The pilot said Now you boys have i r s found the most prominent and easily 4 5 t s seen en groups of glyphs that was easy S b but t now get down to business and find the little snake in relief That S will be worth while Its It's within twenty twenty twenty ty feet He e called hot or cold as the tl boys moved about and finally Lecont r Johnson scout from Deseret happen- happen J fr ing mg to stand where he caught the f shadow cast by the sun sun to bring out the relief laid his finger on it it- it ita a fine wriggling snake about ten inches long t v 0 Arid and n said Tally for me Scout Leader Leader Lead- Lead f er er Cleve Mitchell replied Good w work rk f. f Lecont Few find that Its It's rare in int int t Ut Utah h to find any cutting in high relI re- re lI one of the snake is outstanding outstanding ing and so far as I know the only one in our state Good work To you 0 credit to get told this evening as to why the snake is so important in rites rites rites rit rit- es and worship for rain The boys prowled around the Gap x until noon As the area Is small Itt it t lJ vas yas amply covered ered and they rewarded Everything worth while was found After lunch packing was soon done and all loaded into the bul bus Up the thea a road a few miles s LOUDSPEAKER In the old diaries Is the story that coming through this 1 place where re we are now Brother o Smith father lather of George Albert Smith saw a wildcat chasing a fawn The distress of the fawn in the he snow now doubling and twisting to evade capture capture capture cap cap- ture caused Brother Smith to shoot the wildcat from that event the place was named Wildcat Pass which name w it still holds hob 4 S 1 BEA BEAVER R The Ute Indian word for tor fora a beaves heaves is and it was by them called that for many centuries centimes j Jw whites so named the town lawn n in n their their language 1 jn e Here Nell M M. Judd of the th worked woke out the ruins and lair loid open the zooms looms he found such f g Hatch hatch coders Fa for closing the top opening open- open i ing lag 0 of of t the tf houses as you have se 5 seen tn en on display n in n the Chronicle office Q he heget poi get artifacts t In quantity and d e. td d dIt it all U in th the tt tat U I r n tt W Watt i ty I Up that canyon are the ruins of old oldFort oldFort oldFort Fort Cameron A Company of U. U S. S troopers were stationed there long ago some of the buildings were later used by Murdock Academy On farther COVE FORT Cove Fort was erected in 1867 by the father fath of the late A. A A. A Hinckley president of the Deseret Stake for years It is of rock construction with a well inside I so that It was admirably adapted to withstand a lege by the skin brown I ned men Brigham Young was often orten ortena a guest at this place on his annual I pilgrimages to the Dixie region from Salt Lake City and on each occasion enjoyed the hospitality of Brother Hinckley At the ceremony of unveiling this monument pictures were taken showing showing showing show show- ing the family of President Hinckley and relatives grouped about the base I of the From the boys Lets camp here for tonight and be told about what we saw at the Gap this morning District Chairman Petersen agreed I Ito to that program and camp was made I after supper a campfire was started and in its glow glow glow- Harris Reed Swenson tallied on the Big Trek Lets Let's hear the story of of th that t migration That is a story cut on the rocks of the coming of that tribe to this area in the long ago they came from a northwest to what we now call Utah t Arizona and New The Mexico big trek is marked with bars across it it meaning meaning mean mean- ing a division of time stops made in days moons or seasons as they jour jour- need It shows that on the way vay they held a full Snake Dance with snakes the same as the Hopis Hopis dance yearly early each August at the present I It shows a rectangular house marked marked marked mark mark- ed with a bear paw which identifies it as a Bear Dance Lodge They held a a. Talk Around in Ute in which council aUthe all aU the chiefs s sat t around in in- ina a circle and each who wishes rises addresses the I group he is listened to in a grunt if approved but In deep si silence sl- sl si-I si lence if disapproved While he talks no n. n Then the next speak speak- speak speak-I er How different from the ous harangues of whites such as at ata ata ata a national political convention noise hurrah hip and silliness The met the Colorado River were unable to find a crossing and went I far up it On the way dry hot famIshed famished fam fam- famished they hel held t a 11 Rain Sing shown cut on the rocks When they got over the river it was home so they built masonry walled houses with fireplaces es and kivas with sipapu holes which now we call Cliff D Dw Dweller v ller Ruins face is a natural curiosity curiosity curios curios- ity on this rock The Utes hold curios I this natural face In great reverence and it is called culled a pope a pop a meanIng meanIng mean mean- i Ing lag Thing done b Dekker Truman Jeffery found the RAINBOW V YOUTH tell teU him about it it t. t This glyph is a composite composite com com- man an arc arcI of a rainbow for his I 14 chest with rain fallo fallIng falling fall fall- o ing lag in dropping lines Jl it from that rainbow If b V For head he has a conventionalized bear bea paw more oblong oblong oblong ob ob- ob- ob long than strictly realistic but retaining retainIng retaining retain retain- ing tile the five toes for identification I The reason the bear paw Is associated with rain Is given in a I volume volum As the Utes say it it We Ve want so much rain that when Seldom Mad the bear beur walks on the land the imprints imprints imprints im im- im- im prints of his feet are are left In our moist soil You can readily see the obvious connection connection- plenty of ot water The bear paw is often otten associated I with rain glyphs We will find another er fine example In Nine Mile Canyon I In this group the top headdress is isa isa a Rain Ham Sign fh thin n the bear paw then I Ith th the rainbow with that is the sun and I the snake shake shakea n e- e eQ a Q composite te RAINBOW V 1 t tl ci ittU trait tM h t ht thlU tallied t tor dr r the snake in relief relie Tell TeU him and ancI the i I boys why the snake is associated with rain The Indians believe in gods who control all aU things Some of these gods live in the sky but the gods of springs and rivers live Jive underground where here th the water comes from The snake lives Jives six months month here then six months below below below be be- low so he must know those gods in inthe inthe inthe the earth earth earth- knows them as well as knowing his way around up hereSo get him sprinkle him with meal in the rites and when that tha honor to him is done in the kiva whisper a n message message- to to him to intercede down below for u uto us to get rain from the gods he knows so sowell sowell well and then further honor him with a d Snake Dance When he is turned loose he will go to the Four Fou Quarters and give our message for rain The snake is a potent rain-getter rain and his glyph is almost always associated In marks for rain on the rocks Taylor and Lyman walked to the outer opening of the Gap and found the Turkey and his Tracks said District District District Dis Dis- Chairman Petersen give us it it it- The very ancient Indian belief and persisting down the ages to today is that mankind at first lived in the dark dar caverns underground called Sipapu They wailed waiJe l their lot and were loudly loudly loudly loud loud- ly crying when a turkey gobbler pass pass- ed He stopped and said Why cry ye I We Ve would Lain fain get out out out- see the upper world and our Sun Father Then follow my tracks said the turkey gobbler and walked back toward toward tow tow- ard the light But coming to a precipice precipice preci preci- p pice ce the turkey flew up But man had to grow long strove upward for the light and out of oe them he made ladders lashing lungs rungs on them and so climbed out The ladder ladder ladder lad lad- der is shown there too It is an Important Important important Im im- Im- Im legend and wide A great number of scientific volume give great number of scientific volumes give it with variations Rex Carter Hinckley n a glyph for or a rain sign A bar with vertical verti al lines hanging hangIn down from rt R n. n representing the under underline underline line of a cloud with rain falling With Witha a man or men added It becomes a n aRain aRain nI Rain Sing or chant of men for rain I with a snake added d to to that it becomes becom becom- es a full fledged SNAKE DANCE for tor rain ruin In which they dance with live Jive snakes in their mouths So we found glyphs at the Gap for rain a RAINBOW V YOUTH and the associate associate associate as as- snake Our study was limited d to rain and water glyphs of which we find good examples The rudiments of a myth have been told you The meaning of a u bear paw when associated ed with rain glyphs Ladders for forget getting get get- et- et I ting out of the underground world arcon arcon arc arcon on the to tacks rocks k The Cap Gap ha hn yielded Us W Well fa tte he be b cm I |