Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-11-27
ARACE OF PIGMiES.
Wonderful Discovery Made by an Adven- turous Liar in the Mountains of Ari-

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 TG. R. s.. in San Francisco Cali
 The adventurerous narrator had beer
 wandering for some time ID the Arizon'
 mountains, hunting, fishing, and e1Dlor ing. He came at last to that portion o
 the terrific chasm of the Colorado nov
 known as the Marble Canyon. Here, SC
 duced by the wild and grand beauty o
 the surroundings, he pitched his adyen
 turous camp for some time. One dsI
 while on the trail of a deer he noticed some singular Indentstions in lofty cliff of marble that overfung the chssm
 These indentations presented such curious appearance to the naked eyt that be ceased the pursuit Of hls game to examine them through his Held glass es. What was his asEonIshmeDt whet the glasses revealed regular paths, cut deep m the face of the solld marble
 These path-, though deep, were very narrow. having more the look of trench es. All thought of his deer now forgot ten, the hunter turned his eager atten- ton to the investIg stion of his singula discovery.
 He had noticed that the paths or trenches all tended toward a deep recess -itu4ted high up on the face of the clIff Accordingly he began tue ascent of the cliff from the land side, and after an hlurs severe toll stood upon the sum init uf the dizzy smineDce. He ha ! marked well the pOsIti"n of the recess in the face of the cliff, and was delighted to ind that the descent from the sum init was less perpendicular ID the dI- rection of the locality be sought than elsewhere He could even discern R species of platform which seemed tO be situated exactly at the mouth of the re- cess. Scrambling back by the way he mad ascended be proceeded to his camp, and returned wlth a long and stout rope. Fastening this to the trunk of s stOrm-besten pine which stond upon the summit of the cliff, he carefully kuOtted 1t 6 distance of twelve or fifteen inches, lowered 1t over the edge of the precipice, and trusted him self to its strength Hand under hand he went, swinging unier the d ZZy and perilous depths of the terr fic Marble csnyon. At last hIs foot touched the rocky platform in front of the recess, and he found himself at his goal. And nov Indr' q singular sight presented itself In front of hIm was a miniature iwellIng imbedded ID the recess. This dwelling was perfect in all its appoint meuts, though those appointments were of the rudest kind. It had certainly been fashioned by human hands, and those hand-. though small, bad evident iy been industrious and guided toy m diligence. The marb e dwelling boast. ed doors scarcely fifteen inches m neigh and the tiny windows winch lighted up the front we'e scarcely the span of "A 1aby hand. These doors and windows were nothing more than hole- Tn the Ualls of the dwelling. and through them 'be various apartments could be seen. There were Accomodations. apparently for some eight or ten little persons. and scattered about were many utensils oi use and ornament These things were fashioned from the clesr-ye;ned marble and bore the To. k of chlldren's toys rath- CT than the household goods of grown folk. The paths which ooBverged to the entrance of the dwelling from all parts of the clIff face were some ten or twelve inches ID depth, and must have been cut with enormous labor by men whose sta ture could not have exceeded foot.
 Our adventurer, after concluding bis Rrasped his rope. and, a ter a perilous ascent. again stood upon the summit of the mighty cl fl, in whose ace the pigmy rsoe of O had holloxed and hewD their dwelling place. Who these little folks we're. how they lived. | and how they died. are secrets buried for ever in the mighty toubs of the past | They may have died one by one in the course of nature. or the race. like their | prototypes Of old, may have been raidei | aDd devoured collectively by cranes. a | great number of which birds frequent the locality.