Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-12-09

charming country, sustaining millions Of peo-
pie and that its present desolation was wrought
| by the ac ion of volcanic fires.
Lieutenant BCale says - On his first trip
across the Con inent. he discovered in the midst
of the wilderness of Gila, what appeared to be
strong fort, the walls of great thickness, built OF
stone He traversed it, and found 1t contained
forty two rooms. In the vicinity were met with
numerous balls of hard clay, from the size OF a
bullet to that of a grape shot. What was singu-
lar about them was the fact, that frequently ten
or twenty of them were stuck together, like a
number of bulle,s run out of half dozen con
Meeting moulds, or like whole baking ofrolls -
tt is difficult TO say what these were intended
for They were so hard, however, that the small
Ter ones could be discharged from gun"
A correspondent of the Placerville Herald, wri-
ting from San Bernardino Valley, gives an ac-
count of a great pyramid that was recently dis
covered between the Sierra Nevada Mountains
and the Colorado Rivcr-also of the ruins OF an
ancient bridge.
The distance from one abutment TO the other
was about six hundred feet and between the two
were no less than seven distinct piers. These
piers were all apparently of equal height, and at
the ton must have been six feet broad by twenty
feet in length They rose in the midst cf the de
sert. and were partially buried up by the sands
-proiec ing in no instance more than eight feet
above their surface There no river within
manv miles Of the spot-ihe Colorodo beng the
nearest-but from the position OF the RUNS the
discoverers came to the conclusion that some
! large river from the Northwest must have once
flowed between it's walls and piers Evidences
of various other ancint structures were apparent
in the vicinity in numerous detached portions OF
what were once unquestionably the walls Of bull
ding and these extended for considerable dis
tance in every direction except in the line which
the posi- ion Of the bridge would indicate to have
been the bed Of the river.
The following. also. from a late number of the
San Francisco Herald :
a. Far away beyond the South Pass on the
| head wa cts ofthe Gi!a Rvea lives John Brldger
| a trapper of the plains and noun aims for more
than forty years. It is admittedly all trapncrS
that he is better acquain'e cd han any other living
man wi h the intricacieS Of all the hills and the
streams that lose themselves in The Great Basins
While tranpng on he tribut aries of he Colorado,
an Indian offered 20 guide Mr.. Bridger and party
| to people living far in the Desert, with whom
! Inty COilu DffiN'i-
| The proposition was accepted, providing them
| selves with dried meas and er, they struck
light into the heart of that Great Desert, where
! no white man before or since has troddcn, and
which the hardy mount aineers VIII only venture
! 70 skirt After five days travel, the party ar
rived at these mountai or Buttos rising IN 2 an
! deur in that solitary waste. These mountains
were covered with diver sity Of forest and fran
/ trees with streams of purest wa er ripping down
! their d. clivities At their base was numerous
oric,lsuraI PEOPLE surrounded with waving fields
of corn and profi!sion of vegetables. The people
were dressed in Ieather-they knew nothing OF
| firearms using only the bow and arrow and foT
mile af er mile crclng these ButteS, were abode
| bouses two and three ories high. Mr.. Bridger
| was not allowed to enter any of Their towns OF
! houses and af er remining three days, barieI1ne
scarlet cloth and iron for their furs he left them
! not, however, before being given to understand
/ that they held no comunica ion with any people
bcvon their desert home. That these are the same
neople that once inhabi ed the banks of ella and
he Colorado and left those nonumen' s of wonder
The Casas Grand which so deeply attracted
/ the followers dream, there can no longer be a
! doubt. ~ y
Months af er this conversation with Mr.. Bird
]
cer had ano her with Mr.. Papin the agent ot
/ he American Fur Company. lie told me tha'
another of he party, Mr.. Walker, the mount
aincer af er whom one of he mount ain passes Is
named and who is known 10 be man of truth.
had oiv,n him the same description Of these
disolate people and in my mind there Is not
! shadow of doubt Of their exis- ence-
| Cant. Joe Walker has also visitd ;his people,
and gives subs antiaily the same account OF hem
| He calls them the Moquis, and says; hoii
! houses are generally built Of s:one and NOR er-
| some of them Of abode. They are very snug and
comfor able and many of them are two and even
three stories high. The inhabi ants arc con
| siderably advancedin in some cf he arts. and manu-
| facture excellent woolen clothing, blankets
lea her, baske. work and pottery. Unlike mos'
! of he Indian tribe of this counry, the woman
work within doors, the men performing all the
| farm and out door labor As a race, they are
| lighter in color than the Digger Indians oi eai
! fornia. Indeed the women are toeraby ialr IL
consequence ofnot being so much exposed TO tho
sun. Many of these women are very beautiful
They are neat and clean in their habits ane
| dress in a picturesque costume OF their 0" !
manufacture. Altoge her, the Moqun are lar II
advance of any aborginees yet discovered IN th'
| territory of the Uni ed Sates'
/ CAPTAIN Walker STA es further that the forms
Of the gen Ter sex are of faul less symmetry tina
they have beautiful hair, which they arrange
| with much care and that while the unmarTiet
part their hair behind, and twist each parce
round hoop six or eight inches in diameter, th'
married womon twist their hair behind IN sor
| of cluh The spIrit of the West is one of III,