Show rr va 0 e ifor h rr U ix v az 4 A K W I 1 w X ilk effi ra lasvsa J itow WW it Ys IS ak wi t I caw y ii att h f V 4 1 aa 6 jno w DRURY IN COUN T bishop recto dips out old indian shields which archaeologist of U of U considers Cona iders very valuable an archa archaeological dl aico coey eri of great lalue to science erce and hardly measurable in monehan mone tari valuation was made b bishop E P of torrey when he in coitan with wife dug out under one of the ON overhanging er rocks somewhat similar to a cliff dwelling three old indian made out of buffalo hide the edl chields ields were burned about two and one half feet below trie surface of the ground one shield being laid upon another and sucks icks and cla placed over the three of them Wea mg ing a picture of the three prehistoric relics in the accompanying cut and from this picture it can be noted that on one side they are either w worn orn aw away ay i or rotted away the cail caute caile e for this thi damage is apparently the water bep ing ine through the rock from aboe a allowing the shields to decompose decompo oe aside from this little defect the relies relics are in excellent condition on the baal of the leather shields auel iq i are am little thongs for hanging the protecting weapons over the shoulder and for holding them in proper position in the hand and where the handle is attached on the back the leather ts reinforced by another little pi pi ece of leather to protect the wrist wn from chaffing and this little piece is covered with the original buffalo hair to make it stift soft showing that these the old cliff dwellers looked out for comfort as well as protection quite elaborate designs deigns are visible on the shields undoubtedly undoubted pt piato graphs which so far have not been deop hered but quite evidente evide nth they tell some kind of a history or legend perhaps the history of the tribe or of the particular chief who abo used the shields the shield wen seen on the right ight in the picture adorned with little circles in row across acro q it is probably the moa interesting each circle has a number of dots which N differ in number as well as in arrangement in practically every circle J E jones manager of the western newspaper union of salt lake city who aho was one of the firt men to see the relics and was kind enough to photograph them for the richfield reaper tells us that he has visited the american museum mu eum of natural history hii history tory in new york a number of times and that in this museum they have the finest collection of material from the cliff dwellers to be found in the world but he does not remember having seen anything similar to thae shields hield though undoubtedly they hae people in that museum who ah could tell quite a bit about the people ala wor wore them from what tribe tabes they came how old those shields shield are etc professor sor andrew kerr of the archaeological logical department of the university of utah was a visitor of bishop in torrey this week to inspect the discovery dw covery and he did not hesitate to pronounce it one of the most valuable finds recently made bishop has also uncovered numerous pieces of pottery Potte ryo canes baskets and other mall articles most of the baskets li bets ire are made from fiber or r ropo woven from cedar bark in a cliff dwelling high upon the cliff about six ix or eight malos from where the shields N were ere discovered the bishop found the grave of sow ime warrior adf and in this grave were found two short canes wm som hones baneg and the jaw lyno linno of a 3 am 01 dog doff warre wonderland he heinn onn mora remarkable from frain day to day daiy not only on account of bif scenic enic 1 1 i arl acid in p f VF p 1 t r f ct hd trod before but also for the reason that it is so rich in opportunity for studying the cliff dwellers who lived there before the present day tied red skins |