Show elephants we were i r 6 anted in texas years wars ago aboriginal americans hunted elephants in ther the texas exIs panhandle a r ridle years ago it was reported to the geological society of Ar america by professor E athe university ver of texas texa s dicio ses professor I 1 Eel lards studied the bones of five prehistoric elephants which with three primitive spears and an implement used for scraping animal hides were discovered in a filled in water hole on a wheat ranch in roberts county about 75 miles northeast of amarillo professor found that three of the elephants were mature or nearly mature individuals and that two were young it Is difficult to determine he explains how the remains of the elephants were preserved at a common level in the water hole there is no indication that the elephants were trapped the animals do not seem to have been bogged because none of the leg bones was found in ih vertical position the report continues on the contrary all were lying horizontal if the animals bogged they were pulled out of the mud to be skinned it if overtaken by a storm it would seem that the elephants would have taken refuge in canyons if canyons then existed on the plains rather than in a sink of this kind drouth might very possibly bring elephants in numbers to a water hole but it if extreme drouth caused the elephants to die at a vanishing water hole one would expect some of the other animals particularly ticul arly bison deer and antelope to be associated with them epidemic disease would likewise bring elephants to a water hole and might possibly affect only one genus or one species of a fauna |