Arizona citizen., 1876-03-25
ST. JOINS, February 27, 1876.

BIchlAH SUI k'A-'A -b0 . " -
 lately, by Mir. William Bradbury,
 the discoverer, a veritable cave, and
 one more than usually interesting. This cave is in one of the many isolat-
 ed eerritos, Small mountains, scatter
 ed all along the valley of the Little
 Colorado. There are the ruins of one
 of those ancient pueblos on the oppo-
 site side of the river, about half a
 mile from the cerrito in which the
 cave is situated. The mountain has
 been strongly fortified at one time,
 one wall of the fertilization, running
 all around the hill, about fifty feet
 from the base, then, half way up, an other wall of fertilization, running,
 as does the lower one, clear around
 the cerrito. Near the summit is still
 another line of fertilization. At the
 apex of tte cerrito, and inside of an
 enclosure, is a large round stone.
 about a foot in diameter, of volcanic
 character. What this stone was in-
 tended for is Q mystery. That it was
 intended for defense, to be rolled down
 upon an attacking enemy, IS hardly
 probable, as there are no others to be
 seen in the vicinity. The base of the
 mountain, just below the lower line
 of Notifications, is literally covered
 with fragments of stones, probably
 thrown there by the singers.
 On the north side of the mountain, facing the old village, is the entrance to the cave. Supplying ourselves with candles, MT. Bradbury and my self started in on an exploring expe- dition. l was sstoniShed, as any one would have been, to see immense quantities of bows, arrows, stone axes, painted sticks, pottery, pieces of bask- cts, and now and then 8 piece of mat ting. This mating appeared to be their clothing. All the pottery was of the ancient kind, fragments of which can be picked up near the many ruins found throughout this Territory. Everything indicated great several baskets on being .aken outside crumbled to dust. In .act nearly all the relics which were near the entrance to the cave acted in
 his manner. All implements found were made of stone, bone or wood, 1. md all the arrow heads picked up, were made of bone and very small. There were bows and arrows of all sizes, from five feet in length down to ! childs bow one foot long. There were thousands of painted sticks, similar to those used by the Pueblos 'n the Rio Grande, piled up in count ess numbers. 1 think here Is a con- leciing link between the present pue- ! 5io Indians, and the people who con-
 tructed those large acequias in the salt, Glla and other valleys, and who quilt the hundreds, perhaps thousands . 't villages, ages past, that are all in . uins all over this Territory and New . Mexico. In any other climate but Arizona, except perhaps Southern jahtornla, everything would have onS since routed to dust, but owing to UT dry atmosphere and the relics 'eing in cave perfectly water tight, verything would remain in A good tate of preservation for hundreds of ears. It was necessary to be very aretul, while in the cave, not to raise
 dust, AS the least careless step or movement would be followed by erfect cloud of dust that would be Imost sutfocating Mir. Bradbury icked up two very pretty specimens f turquoise. l also found two small leces, and several bone beads and hells. The largest piece of turquoise 0uud by Mir. Bradbury, was about hree quarters of an inch long, one alf an inch wide, and one sixteenth f an inch thick, of deep green olor, and showing no flaws. From n examination of the mountain and urrounding country, come to tie fol- owing conclusions in respect to the 'eople who built the village on the pposite side of the river and who orutied the cerrito and stored their var and religious implements in this ave: First, they were of the same | ace of people as the Pueblo Indians f to-day because, the painted sticks nd bows. some having representa- ions of horned-toads, centipedes and ther reptiles on them. prove conclu- ively that they were the same people. ii s having the same religion. They ould have been the same people or ace and yet speak different Jan-
 uage' and differ in some respects in her religion, as, for instance, the Zu- is' Moquls, ard other Pceblos, some