Roosevelt Standard | 1928-06-07 | Page 5 | Prehistoric Burial of Children Revealed

prehistoric burial of children revealed flagstaff ariz two child burlan have been uncovered in the pre prehistoric indian ruins ruing of the cupi nut national lonal monument in arizona jesse jess 0 Mall Cla iTie Fe uki custodian an 0 ol 01 rege reserva r va 1 tion who nho made the excavations reports thai thae in one burial a cradle board was lying over the body which bore a shell necklace and was accompanied by three pieces of pottery in the other burial the cradle board was underneath the body four pots were found with it both bod bodies les had been wrapped in matting bu but t mols mola ture crept in and spoiled it so that only a small piece could be salvaged it Is believed that the p prehistoric buildings at were construct ed by the snake family of the HOPI indians in their migration from the grand canyon where according to their mythology their ancestors came upward from the underworld the HOPI or people of peace are among amond the most moat picturesque of existing indian d an tribes