The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-30
THE CAVE-MEN.
BY JOHN FIsKR.

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thearctic fox. the mammoth, and the
Wooley rhinoeeres. They are found in
great abundance in southern and cen.
tral England, in Belgium, Germany.
and Switzerland. aud in every part OF
France; but nowhere as yet have
their remains been discovered south
OF the Alps and Psrenees. A diligent
exploration OF the Pleistocene caves
OF England and France, during the
past twenty years, has thrown some
light upon their mode of life. Net 8
trace of pottery nAs been found any
where associated with their remains,
so that it is quite clear that the Cave
men did not make eRrthenWere YES
sells. Burnt clay ia peculiarly indie
struotible material, and where it has
once been in existence it ia sure to
leave plentiful traces OF Itself Meat
was baked in the cave By contact
with het stones. or roasted before the
blazing fire. Fire may have been OBJ
tanned by friction OF two pieces of
wood, OF between bits OF flint and iron
pyrites. Clothes were made of the
Iurs of bisons, reindeer, bears, and
other animals, rudely sewn together
with threads of reindeer sinew. Even
long fur gloves we're used, and ne3k-
lsces of shells and q BEARS and lions
teeth. The stone tools and weapons
were far finer in appearance than
those OF the River.driit men, though
they were still ohipped, and not
ground. They made Dorers and saws
as well as spears and arroW-heads; and
besides these stone implements they
used spears and arrows headed with
bone, and daggers of reindeer anIler.
The reindeer, which thus supplied
them with clothes and weapons, was
also slain fer food; and. besides, they |
slew whales and seals on the coast of |
the Bay Of Biscsy, and in the rivers
they epeRred salmon, trout, and pike.
They also appear to have eaten, as we'll
as 10 have been eaten BY, the caVe-lion
and cave.bear. Many details Of their
Life are preserved to us through their
extraordinary taste OF engraving and
carviog. Sketches of reindeer, mann
moths, horses, cave bears, pike and
ae6ls, and hunting scenes have been
found by the hundred, iDcised upon
Antlers or bones, or sometimes upon
stene; and the artistic skill which they
show is really astonishing. Most saw
lges can make rude drawings of OBJ
cots In which they feel familiar in
crest, but such drawings are usually
grotesque, like child's
attempt to depict man as a sort Of
igure eight with four straight lines
landing forth from the lower half to
epresent the arms and legs. But the
)ave-men with a piece of sharp
'ointed flint, would engrsve, on a REIN
eel. Rntler, an outline of urus so &C
uEately that, it can be clearly distin-
uished from an OK or bison. And
1eir drawings are remarkable not
My for their accuracy, but often
JuSlly so for the taste and vigor with
hich the cubject is treated.
Among uncIvIlzed races of men
oW living, there are none which pos
as this remarkable artistic talent
we the Eskimos and the Oave-men.
ut this is by no means the only
)int OF agreement between the Eskl-
os and the CAVe.men. Between the
ts Of tools and weapons used by the
le and By the other the agreement
also complete. The stone spears
ID arroW-hesds, the sewing needles
ID skin -scrapers, used by the Eski- 1
Do are exactly like the similar i'm
sments found in the Pleistocene
YES of France and England. The .
cklaces and smulets of cut teeth
ID the daggers made from antler,
DIV an equally close correspondence :
70 resemblsnces are not merely
reral, but extend 30 lar into details
1t il modern Eskimo remains were
be put into European caves they .
uld be indls:inguishable in appear 6
&c from the remains of tie Cave
n which are now found there. Now,
en- these facts are taken in connec- ;
} wlth -. acts that the Osve.men
Z ~ arctic race, and especially :
{ the musk-sheep, which accom-
lied the advance of the Csve-men q
Europe, is now found only in the <
ntry of the Eskimos, though its s
il remains are scattered in abun- 8
ce ali along the line stretching 2
q the Pyrenees through Germany,
STA and Slberia,-when these 70
5 are taken in connec-
the opinion of Mr.. Dawkins, that 9
Uave-men were actually Identical
the Eskimos, seems highly plauo-
Nothing can be more probable s
that, IN early or middle Pleisto- o
times, the Eskimos lived all s .
It the Arctic Circle,in Siberia and
hern Europe as we'll as in North II
'rlca; that during the coolest por-
eli the Glacial period they found
way as far south as the Pyrenees,
with the rest of the sub.arctic fOra
milan fauna to which they be- =
90; and that, as the climate grew II. tsS
ler again, and vigorous enemies ton
tue south began to press into spina
pc and compete with them, they Chan
Tally fell back to the northward, Nv
% Denlnd them the inaumerable cerou
Oh the former presence, which nr
90 lnthe late PIeistocene caves fOrst
ance and Epglsnd. The Eskimos, ls Gun
are probably the sole survivors Ssstio
10 OaYe-mnn of tho PloiafOnene 1 q1o,