New-York tribune., 1874-08-04

deep ravine had Its In this perps
nto nnS sOUSs Corridor some SOM 500 feet each
side OF the mouth we're two large a6utmehLs VI VI
sandstone forming rooaess portioo to the entfanGe
proper From the center OF one OF these % en on
leaving natural window in the rock partly snauem ~
tall bushes Crcling the top OF the cavern % The
soft nature OF the stone excellently adapted 10, an
aviary The floor Of the loaye Was wbeh had sep
thick with fine yellow powder ms Tios so, q hut mi
arated from the mother rock ana IorIou 18th noder
Hyn snrcsd over the bottom OF the Here and
there powders had fallen from the roof OF "as anu 10y
In ui tSe hsgogyphs The two sides of the large
entrance walls formed an Indian art gallery co'e,ed
win picures OF men, horses, birds, snakes. buo. anu
ornanentod with curious and original If not abori1na
designs Some had scarcely been scrachea on ,o ~ A.
and must have done but recently, as tne STONE
ntegrates very rapidly. Others were deeply catveu III
the rock Conspicuous was good repiesenaho W. hand m
hnman hand probably made by holding the manu-
AGAINST the WALL with the fingers spread cutting OUT .o
outline. chds foot had been made IN .ne sa1
There seemed be attempt TO form % pot
pictorial narTyS Tno s PaTbrary and meaning
less Some Indian, with plenty OF tune ON on hs is tTo
mad tried his hand & as an Is 81 this the cave
said Mac. Yes" said H. who had accompanied
the when the cave don wa, onnS an undesirable
rne cave had taken us all by surprise We pre-
pared for good deal but not for this. However u
might be better further IN. We entered tne ,oIE
corridor. McDouga took the lantern ana h0agIoh hsh"d
crow ded battalion OF eager, curious so9ieIs o
wished 70 see the old NTH long of the in
terror. The corridor only wide enough ior
file and gradually narrowed as 1t advanced. !no pIos
snre of tie column behind represented moderately was
80 pounds the square lnch MAC went on iic h
help IT. The pressure from the rear was fearful Inc
hoie gradually narrowed Macs caber was too largo
for the bore. There was danger that ne W0uu scA !.
tue breach The whole column thereupon backed ont,
and II who was q smaller man, was promoted 10 tne
front The pressure was renewed IL GOV % u0wn Sa Tn
was Wa Continued. and we advanced some 200 feet
the bowels of the earth me n9e peTans1 nnsp
smaller and smaller, until finally Ii found tha ne must
ram it out ifhe would 20 any further. Ram him home
bows" Tie boys rainned ana ramned, Du' & eno t ro
was harder military dIil report tlen weIs
back to the rear of the column that the eutehan was
hOpelessly iammed III az the other END, oelu no ioI "a
corkscrew corkscrew," was the cry whether the re-
port was false, whether the association suggested p
corkscrew was sufficient extract the lieutenant Is
unlmp0rtant. We all got out covered al over WIFI 'ho
yellow powder which Goose had prodicted;
IL only remained to pronounce the verdict Mac an
said he. No chambers, grotoes, no crystals, no
sralactites, no heTogy nothins ouS nHU ~ LIZ iS
and in about week dig out better cave myself. IN
"a subsequent clause Goose's future welfare Was ven
bally provided ior he was unanimously condemheu
AS we passed out of the enrace hall the hand which
the Indians had deeply impressed on the wall seemed
to have peculiar irony. 1t brought up in vivid way
the old story OF BelsDazzarS feast; aad tIe Wnoi9
scratches, seemed suddenly TO melt into single inscIp
ton. Meme, Meme. I, kcl Uplarsin The only
Translation 1r tins ancient IANcTpu3h l"unu % n swtn
diary OF Gen. Sandy FORSYTH July il-CaNei rTi
die" "GOOse," said Gen. Custer, When lDe Ibuiah
came TO his tent in the evening" "wc have cave IN tc
East 50 big you could put this cave OF yours ns9
of IL and never Gni it again" Goose an2hed lucrou
ulousIy Aud when the General told hun that TINS cave
was II mites long, and that tho fishes ia II we're porn
without eyes. ne laughed long and loud Inc Gehef"'S
reputation fOT yeIacIy was lost.
TRAGEDY.
So much for the comedy OF the cave There IS tfag
edy connected with 1t which is not easy to write On
the jor OF the in the midst of the dust ana the
hundreds shafts whioh the Indians had left Tor
offerings Gen Custer found old fnt-ock pistol Ihe
cover OF shaving soap box and an on army gilt button
were subsequently picked up. These misht nave been
brought there bJ the Indians trophies OK some cap
ture: buta skull found close by IN raYne by Lieut.
Calhoun furnished a commentary. surgeon WI
ams examined 1t aud declared 1t TO be "a wdte man
skull bullet hole JdSt over tde let eye sho"ed inc
cause Of death go -,
seven hundred miles from civilization. In deep
and lonely rayne the mouth of the Indian Ndssu
where the swallows buid their nests, were the fdtul
evidences Of a deed OF blood which had waited iong
wears 10 utter their witness VINO the victim who
tho perpetrOr what tine sad particulars OF tue tragedy
perhaps tbs swallows knew, but thc griI ghd>ty sEii
was silent. Toe ballet path was the only Indictment