Washington telegraph., 1854-01-04
lIaaias Sip F.aaza Rm'il
Discovery of Ruined cities with
In Tie Sireal Ela.in.


The Gfsal Basin in tn milila uf auT
territory. bounded un the HgFIh bg the W
saich Mountain. and tile settlement, uf iBz
Mormans IN l'iah. on the easi By The Roy
Mountains skiftins ou The fizhi h1ns nf -
Rio GaHl#. an the saa'h l. the ella anl
tic west BY the Sirrm NHtaja !. raaian
still alma, unknown TaHHr and uaa#.
taiuccrs haTe pa.,rl nh amml ihr ms##
side of Of j. rim hr' n#He lare rv.. s#.z=#
It with tie eysaW'm af II Bod
tn,erad a. n rHHH r. rH
slope aH7 t4f
mnrI1.H.#. ".. t...# . |.
r-ufrf 90 HU..r fr .f
therefore. :. lnubu .I+g u b #4t
Ii"lH b HNs".llH' ... ari H'l. rh.
mind W D aI.Furs. u uHF uH. From
taUt Wl'..I Wu uIhF HT.urruI ulut ffai.
iicular regarding hi. celebrated trip and
the character NJ lhi, myleiuha huG, aai.,
have never before heon brought io liaht -
There i. no lack Of streams within Il, the
Rio Colorado Chipuiio. or Liulr RCD river.
runs entirely acru.. H., alul leo miles 10
the nol IA If The ella and almost rlnl'elto
il. aud rmWie. into the Colorado About
l2O mile, till further north, the San Juan
follows exactly the same cuur-a o.. The Little
Rcd, aud rmpiie. into Grand riyrr th,
most important branch Of the Colorado
Grand river it.clr pnrnes a course O liulr
south uf west acrus, thr northern part nf the
Basin. while the A,onkcrrp q large river
discovered hy Mr. Bcalc. Grccn river. aud
the Rio Hirgcn. art all largo streams.
which drain the northern mountain rim. aud
ruu in a suuihcrly direction into thc Culora.
do
The Great Basin between The Colorado
aud the Rio Gnnlc Is an immcnsc table
OF land broken towards tie tiil aud Rio
Gande Ly detached S.crr8s Tn, country
is barren and de.olite aud unmhab.tcd
even By the lowest order or Indians Bot
though uow ,o bleak aud iorbiiliuo lrrvu
oil around mas b. seen The cgidurr,iln' IL
was uncc pgupltl liy civilized and tlich'y
settled population They have long since
disappeared bul their hiuiiBorl will &C..
main. to attest their former greatness -- .
Capt Walker assures Ms thr, the country
from the Colorado lo The Rio Grand. b..
tween the Gin aud San Juan is rull II
ruined hnbil4iiou. nul citic. most or which .
arc On the table land Although ho bad .
frequently met with cumb'mg masses oi
masonry, and rumhn',ss pncmcns of au.
tiQuc pottery. .uch a. hn,f lean noticed un
The immigrant ;mil uurh # tho ella it
was uoi ""td be nt tr.p Hrfu.s that hr
ever saw .lrur.urc Standing On lhi "c F..
casion he bad penetrated about midway from
the Colorado into ihr wilirrun.. aui hr' .
rncampcd near the Little Rcd ri'cr with
the Sierra Blanca. looming mp % The '1n'h.
when hc noticed. at o lule distance an ob'
icct that induced him to examine lnHhcr-,
lac approached. be- found Il Ia be KIND
oe citadel around which lay the ruin oi d
c;,y moro than mile in leugh Il was
located on n gentle d'clNi'y that ,'op'd to-
ward. Red rrycr, and The lines Of iha streets
cooll be dilinlly traced running regularly
nt rirht angles with each other
The houses bad all been built Of stone
Int nj lad been reduced to ruins by me ar'
lion of some great heat which bad evident
i, r,..cd over the whole country Il "n'
y :, or5irory conaaerldon bui must have
hcon c .ame fcrcc munre.likc blast OF hfe'
similar to lhat issuing from volcano ~ '"s
s,onc, were al burnt some oi 'n'In '',n'' M
c;ndcrcd others glazed a. if melted. ln',
oppoornncc was visible in every rn ~ d , We ,.. 'n.,
WIN 4 storm of fire se'm'i tn O''' ,'
sycn, over lllc whole rre of l',r ''lN.'E.
and the iphnbi,au's mn.t have il'l'n ,.''5'
il In the ccu,er Of Che a.ly w '
ro.o abruptly 1 r.at 90 .r ~ '
on III. trp rg wh.H i .a.'.'
w,rT Of alur hl m0 n.1 a' ''.
building. 1u .er.M. Oh. '.. ''.,'
s,Ht Ji.lmet although m,y 'Ng nudhrf, a'
cle with wall. . or is tg.l long, ,nd , ',.
seet birb, was standing These walls "'F