Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-25
RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES IN
4 MEIRIEA.

AMERICA.
On the l7lh OfgOcr ober last, a party of
12 MurmrnS and one Indian, healed by
WIN. D. llup'ingtUn. left MInyi one. ul
the most Southern settlements in Utah
Telritnry. by request of Governor Young.
to explore The soul hrrn part of the rcrrl-
tory. "t which, nOIhin; is known. and it
possible, open "a IRA le with the NIvniprs
VIII" dwell IN that quarter, for some sir ep
goats and horses. of which it - known
they have An abundance. They have
considerable ski in manufactures, AMI
make all their blankets, leather, briiIe-
bits. &c.. many OF which are ,Xrcuted
with most curious workmanship. They
also work iron. gold and silver into IL
multitude Of forms, and articles for the
warrior, huNbandm4n and trades sman
the party returned To the Norma an set.
tIrmrnt on the 2l1t ut December last.
having on their tIIp made some most re
mnrkHhle discoveries. They found, in
fact, the ruins ut city built in the ruckS.
very similar TO the rtam"'I Petra. in the
Eastern Desert. and even surprising it IN
extent. From Mr. lIuntinsvun's account.
furnished the D"$creL News, we take the
following highly Interesting particulars
On the l7uh. we left Mani with our
ful! Ou,ht Of men and animals, and
with live wagons. We never irlt mutr
gloomy and doubtful, or unAcrtook what
appeared 10 US a ii! ore haZ.,rInuS work
during an experience of twenty year, IN
this church. ~ wild noun; annu<.
and dreary desert, hitherto mast er.
tirrly unknown. lay before US, and what
WAS still mure fUrmi liable. lnAlAu Walk
er and his allies had drCrtrJ that we
never should pa =. and with twenty Span
Iards had pUHIcd themselves on our rOIlr.
AMI their rally ing sm"kc WAS in Iuti view
SUlI. we unanimously resolved 10 90
ahead, and our enemies hcd before We
reached their position. Tne Sp .nard>
pursued their way, and W Iker his. Ieav
ing our path perfectly open.
We t"luwe Gunni>un's Trail, to with
in five miles Of Grand River. which. nc
cord;ng to our calculation, is $50 miles
from Great Salt Lake City. THIS road.
so far, was n toIerabIy good one. bat the
country has little or no wood, grass or
waller. There is a beautiful valley on
Grand River, twenty miles long. and
from five to ter miles wide. 1t has good
soil and grazing range. and is very we'll
simbered and watered. and is about fifty
miles frua the Elk Mountain. From
here We travelled Il0 miles to S.. john ;
River, over IL very rough and mountain.
eou| region, difficult 10 pass over even
with packed animals, being covered with
dense forest cedar. II is forty miles
from ST. Johns River to the nearest Ma
w 10 town.
RECETTION BY THE NAvAJoEs-CANIBAL
IsM.--TEe Navajues met US wish very
hostile feelings; they are AT war with the
whites. and three days before we arrived
had killed, boiled and eaten y whi,v man.
so great WAS their cxASpera'ion. BY the
persuaSiuns Of Two lIicniiy InIl4ns witts
u>-Onr guide AMI inlcrprutrr-they lis
tened to An explanation OF our business
We were finally enabl, d to turm treaty.
and did some trading with them. wmj"
they wcr" dong some tall ste ling from
Us. They were highly excited. but the
chiefs were more cool. AMI appear
ed quite friendly and wis ed us To- come
again and trade. Trade is the br>r letter
ui intro lucliun a white man can tAke
anon the Indians. Their great Captain
requested Us not to 30 Am 'n5 their tn"u
Al villages. AZ there were som. that
could not be controlled. an / he dIl no
want t" Il IhL US. II said We hal cDmv
agroat way. and lie wished Us we'll. anI
went to hlG town AMI rnuIhL ont An
abun lance of corn. meal. flour. hic 'd.
beans, dried pumpkin. dried squash. plut .
must. Win sheep and goat meat ut the
finest quality to Ill US cut for uuI ournry
home.
tIRsE Discovery OF Ruins On the
North side Ut 81. Johns river, and ab Iul
five hundred miles southeast Ot the Great
Salt Lake CITY. we travelled over \ sec
tlOn mostly among the mountains, and
abAut forty miles in length up nj down
The river. by twenty five miles in width
covered with the ruins OF former towns
and villages. The walls of many build
ingS are still standing entire some Of
them are three or four stories nigh, wil h
the ends of the red cedar lplSL< Vet in the
walls. some pre- j"Cting eight or ten inches,
but worn to ~ point at Intir tx remit rS.
Every building was f0rlifcntiun built in
The strongest manner imaginable. and in
maLner that the present age know moth.
lnsof. Many of them stiltsnOw the whole
manner OF structure, and even the marks
Of the wOrkman's tools. The first ruins
we discovered were three buildings crnm
bled 10 mere heaps. One. appeared tc
have been pottery, forsin and around il
we're loads offragrnents of fcrockery Of the
hOest quality otnnmenued with great
\ Variety OF 6gnres.- painted with various
e0SoEs as bright as If put on but yesterday