The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-16
CLIFF DVELLEHs, CITIES.
Reading tho Vague Story Tsia In The Trace
Left by vanisheA People.

Reading tho Vague story T.,a In the Traces
Left by ~ vanisheA People.
OJo PuERrA, Arizona, Oct. "A radius
three hundred miles long. with n centre at the
| point OF contact OF Utah. Colorado. Arizona. and
New Mexico. will describe a circle in which are
enclosed the remains Of the remarkable race OF
| cliff dweller5. The very name applied to this
| people Ia suggestive OF romance and lost his
tory Whence cnmo they2 How did they livel
Where did they GO tor
| The arcn occupied by tho cliff dwellers. com.
| prising six or nino thousand square miles 10 q
| pnrt Of the desert land OF tho Southwest. =
country in general. though not entirely. arid.
| unproductive. almost gumclcse. sparsely wa
| tered. and in altitude from 5000 TO 1900
| feet above tho seq. Their descendants are
| found in tho Moquis and other Indians OF tho
mcsas OF northern Arizona.
Tho romans OF tho cliff dwelicrs are pue-
bios. or villages on the low lands. caves in
the higher land near BY cliff houses midwWy
| up the walls Of preclpices. high towers OF stone.
| pottery. and ornaments. Few weapons of any
| kind appear among the ruins. This fact may
be duo TO the sudden migration OF the in
| hatitants. and not their supposed pcaceable
dlsp9s!,ion. The ruins OF cities and villages
every one Of six thousand square miles more
% AS Sy tho .is % strsa The e
narrow valley. and others high on table
pd far vasn G a;sy tasss S of
water must have been brought in Jars from
aS Iii the aoa Of
| tribes. TUG villages were often mnss of hewn
ss exit 9 Ssn "a adds9 s hc
roof The architecture displays ciyiiiIation
stone os
were we'll hewn. Tho squares and circles we've
DAY Weils and reservoirs are found in VARIOUS
places, In fine state OF preservation. contain
Tho United States Ge?locleal Survey has
New Mexico. Here We have perfect semi
eircie. the circular part comprising q high.
tered side not quite SO high. From
ira! court the apartments rise in tiers. one
o6S square S ae Whn are
or council chambers, portions Of which were
.oS, nsa E Ja ss Ss' es Grs s
hai to be agaaHrrlea c9i;seteh; aressed ana rut
| brought from IA considerable distance cut and
fitted 70 their places. - the wall, and covered
dow and roof ma ling and clustering, which
must have employed q large, body of Intelligent.
pine. for a long TINA, Tho details Of these
vast rueb!oss. would iii volumes. They, show
that the cliff dweiiers aIchiLecturally. though
hot art stiea'iy. were among the most superior
ra .nes Of the entire continent.
| Tho cave dwellings. or places OF refuge. are
usually found IN some bluti not more than fifty
fact high. bordering mesa or river valley.
| fed swallows hnnk The caves are mere holes
dug in the blun rIastered on tho inside. und
account Of the latter TACT that they we're used
| since n large man could not gain admit;ance
easily: on the banks above ar. are the watch
6oash TeG SSeFe c 1 rS also f 2%1a
cylindrical Hnr structures often projected by
| oil
Dir. j. s. Newbsrry found Them larger at the
s ,na ai tHS of oo9n ney MffG op ae to
| ing tho approach OF AN enemy. but for retreat
these towers We're erected on Tue top Of I pros
Jecting rocks lnaily hundred iGet high and al
are usually found specimens Of flint and
pottery. sHowinG that the watehmen were busy
| The most remnrRabe dwellings, OF these
| people are Il. si from which their names are
cahoa walls oen 1000 feet hivh whshe or
nature formed the crevicoi tables for the
made by the people. is .uuhnown.. These
crevices are walled up, with dressed stones,
the cahcn walls in some remarkable way,
and coninI ; living " 5 some canon
most Inaccessible dive ngs. Hidden in some
out Of the way nook. s4icIded from the sum,
| water still deli:ously pure and receiving the
aripPlnss of some minute spring in the per
can possibly contaminntc the water, lying in u
| hugo basin cut in the rock, Equally hard to
lind arc tho adder-like stairs. often 500 feet
long. cut IN the rock walls leading TO tho elm
| houses. II cannot be sum ossd that the cliff
| oil time. Possibly they were occupied only in a
s case Of siege Bs 1t as 1t mny thsy could he
itants were starved into submission
Tho primitive artists among the clin build
ers left their efforts lrine.paly upon tho light
are representations of the birds. mammals. and
| objects known To the artists. carved in fantas,
Waether the pears Rsi any d6 sst
| Certainly If they had. evidences would be-
| found on the rocks or pottery. The designs in
| mind 20 one Of some mat he ma tical capacity.
| The cliff dwecrs were bevoud doubt migrants
| from further south, AZ ma, be seen in tho SINH
| Not knowin- OF the vast fertile plains beyond.
Ito Names al and orr ryeTs i' vn1{ sey 9i Iho
nro occasionally unear,hed continuing them.
titled tho scanty valley dSld- or hunted. otbers
watch towers. pueblos. and water reservoirs;
s5i, si isgsd
covered. and which have been examined show
god intellectual senpaSity. and very lite owl
modern Indian nations. The cliff jewellers
Were busy. Industrious race. They may have
fled from their quarters on account Of u more
absence o! facts y seems more easy to believe
that they migrated rs soon as they discovered
arabic lands. 1t cannot be possible that peo-
pe which erected tho most remarkable de-
fences Of any race. ancient or modern. should
any ne Or pSS enemy s ssde sses
which could reach their fortresscs, and cor
no Ssh y, a dWeas h sd TO
hurl down, fairly deluging the narrow bottoms
OF the cahons.
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