| Show y WI V V W W 9 9 9 Q si BURIAL GROUNDS DS YIELD yiELD RARE RARE DISCOVERIES DISCOVERIES SITE SITE RICH IN RELICS GIVES I STORY OF PAST PASTi I Bones o of Native Dog Re Resembling Coyote Are I Pound Found I DIGGING GOES ON ONI I Santa Barbara Mounds Still Touched Scarcely I SA SANTA SATA TA BARBARA rd Cal ai DI Discoveries made In the Indian mound excavations In progress on the old Ambassador hotel grounds here carry the history ot of Santa Barbara back years In the opinion of ot J P Harrington rep rep- rep representative e of ot the Ibe Smithsonian In- In Institute Institute In Institute The e have reached a ad d depth ot of o only about SC sc seven en feet teEt hut but the tho ground Is 9 rich In relics rell's and stillmore more ancient discoveries are ex- ex expected ex expected We found In our digging 3 ester ester- esterday esterday ester day day the bones of ot a nath native natio e dog In appear nce some somewhat hat re- re temble re-temble emble the coyote of or today saId Mr lIr Harrington Vie e also uncovered uncovered ered many fragments of human bone bone- come Borne of ot which are of ot en or great gr antiquity These These bones curry carry our record back certainly about 00 years years ears and ly farther tarther So ao far tar has the process ot of decay gone that the bones In some Instances are mere streak ot of yellowish Ish dust The In- In Instant In sLant stant tho the air strikes them they rumble crumble The The discoveries erles of ot the last two das s have been by far tar the most ancient rell relics yet uncovered unco ered We Weare Weare Weare are at as a depth of ot seven feet teet but hut because ot of o erosion we are arc probably probably ten feet teet below the ancient surface Rock oyster the mandible ot of u II u crawfish and an old broken be bosl beI I ot of mortar were ere found In our deepest workings There was evi e esi- esi evidently 1 dently a running tar far be ond the date dote of ot the relics weha sc e eha ha hae e so far tar found Yesterday Mr said the l found toun the skeleton ot of a bear as largo large as the largest cinnamon bears of ot today These bones which are very massive ma were found six feet under a a grave They Ill nIh be sent to Washington |
