Show CARRETA HAS LONG HISTORY ancient indian vehicle that has ha been in use over two hundred stars the ancient carreta carret now in the exhibit room of 0 the los angeles chamber of commerce has had an event ful history as wagons go it nas mas the property of altonso alfonso a tesuque in dian eighty five years old altonso alfonso I 1 said it had belonged to his great grandfather and that it had bad been ex habited at a local fiesta years before as the oldest cabrela in the neighbor hood from these facts well vell substantiated and the great brent age to which in deans live as a rule this ancient carreta is estimated to be much over years old it was purchased by captain newton chittenden a noted indian explorer antiquarian and ethnologist now living in Por pomona nora cal on november 23 1890 this old time cart left redlands cal on its own wheels heels and reached los angeles de cember 15 a distance of over sixty miles captain chittenden nied it cani camping ping on the way and walked most of 0 the distance watching with anxious eyes to see that it did not fall to pieces like ce the deacons wonderful one horse shay from its great age but it survived the journey in good shape and was hauled to the chamber of commerce exhibit room where sheltered from wind and weather it may remain a possible years more the wheels are made of cross sections of a sycamore tree 38 inches in diameter and about six inches thick at the outer aim ilm the hubs are of one piece with the body of the wheels and are roughly extended out to a length of IS 18 inches wooden pins through the axle secure the clumsy wheels the body is made of cotton wood need excepting the tongue which is a twisted and gnarled stick of mes quite four feet long it was driven by oxen bit hitched elred to the horns with thongs ot of rawhide its counterpart may be seen in the country districts ot of mexico today drawn drann in a similar manner as this was when new years and more ago |