Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-10-19
FIRST EDITION.
Further from the Hayden Expedition.


EXPLORATIONS IN THE ARizoAA WILD LAEDs--rHE
CANYONS AND THE WALLED DCIT1Es-INrERTsT1N
| DETAILS by MEMBER OF THE PARTY.
| Mr.. VIM II. jackson. chief of the pbotoprpnh-
| ic division Of the HAYDEN Expedition. mid a
short visit 10 this civ on Saturday retn,ning m
wosh;r,,to,, -, A. .,;,,;,,.. .t i, -.
~" '' '-'s ii'i''''e Nv ""i"i III 'ie oouiso
ol WHICH Ylst lie communicated many interest
ing particulars Of the adventurous survey from
which his marty ia the first IN retrr, Tha sec-
-. - - " ''o i'."' w ''' i"o Se0-
''oii Vi ooui.ry surveyor III inns seasoh iaDors
il one OF which less has hitherto been known
than of nearly anv other region of t,e continant
and tl,oroh oero,n, so,, ol,,a,,.o,.a, a.. .a..,,,t
~" u'""'"ees ~ Voi'p'
emiSrahCs anu settlers presents natural features
of the most interesting character.
THE po,rrr p,,ps,,rn
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micn my Wesewafd from the junction OF inc
N seiiisoiies VI ooiv,auo ArlAoha, otali' anu
WV hioAoo' uiteiIlateu lIoil Wooueu mountain
to the desoate tracts scanned with networks Of
Canyons which oifer appalling difficulties to
trayeners. IL ~ upon the Mesas, or elevated
plains, oil this dreary region, though somewhat
farther to the westward, that the much talked
OF diamond helds are located, as yet little known
10 actual experience. Travel over these Mesas
is OF course lnpraetlcable, scanned as they are
WIN ihhumeraDIe chasms, varying IN depth TO a
-
could leap over to three Or four hundred feet.
The route consequently lies at the bottom of the
canyons, ,Where WITHOUT experienced guides, lhere
ls great danger tnat the traveller VIII lose Ills
way In the
LABYRINTH OF INrERsEcTINa GoRdEB,
and die for Incl, of ,vatar barore recovar;,o
the tract, nj in tbo s,doa of thesa ,,rocnta,S
canvons that the interestino remains have heen
discovered of the comnaretivelv civ;1zed roca
which formerly nossessed fhis reeIon, Their
fortified behind walls of extraordinary thickness
still attest considerable degree of constructive
ability. Ihey are Dullt accurately square, IN
distinction from tho round nuts OF savage ma
tlons oil dressed stone, carefully plastered with
III with smooth cement, with cedar lintelH above
the doors and windows. Tho pottery OF Which
many remains may bc ioundla glazed with White
enamel, within and without, and ornamented
with colored hgures, among which the image OF
tho sun frequently occurs. This and tho fact
that the dwellings, are in every case built to face
the East, point out then ancient inhabitants as
RACE OF suS-woRsHIppERs.
Many implements and weapons of shafpened
flint wore discovered, but no traces of wrought
metal in any form No inscriptions were found
but Mr.. Jackson's Indian guides assure him that
such writings are to be found further to the
Southwest, In which direction the survey propo-
ses to push its way during the next season. The
inaccessible position of these ancient buildnrs.
many Of which are now only to be scaled by the
assistance of ropes il no doubt in consequence
of the wearing away of the stairways and passa-
ges formerly channeled in the sandstone rock
of which some traces are still occasionally to be
found. Their elevated position would seem to
have been chosen for defence against the pred
atory. bands of the savages from the North. whose
aItachs ,. pIonapy arove tnein laiIher i,i SOUTH
mnolp ,iioi uosoolluoi,5 ay ntuil oA.st, as
eiro iolul inuas aie sl'u 70 SNOW ols,incp traces
Sl S,s.1 a,i ha.ec @ 1.en IN one pace mr. 'acAson
iounu upon 'ne open pam the
RUINS or WALLED CITY.
the walls being twenty feet thick. and Judging
from the mass of seattle red masonry Of cofIsid.
cradle height ; but everything was reduced to
utter ruin. though it is suspected that caches Of
their effects arc hidden under those piles of
stones. perhaps to be hereafter discovered by
some of the enterprising wanderers who are
continually exploring ''on their own hook" with
out definite aim or apparent motive, but whose