Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-11
CUsHING.S BURIED CITY.
Visit Co the Excavations Making In
 Arizona. |.
Among the Cacti of the Desert-DweIIiBEs
 of a Pre-HIstorie Race.

Among Inc Cacti of the Desert-DweliiBGs
 ofa Pre-aIstoric Race.
 Tte following very interesting letter wG5 written by Il. V. Jackson of PheniX Co She Detroit Tribune:
 Any one WhO has read Mr. Cushing's interesting papers upon his experiences !n Zuui VII not wonder at my embrsc- ing my first opportunity to make hIm a call EBd to meet him m the midst of his labor. Near Pnenix and Tempe. n fact in Gll southern Arizona, are found buried or Euincd cities and other remains of q n dozen of them within a days ride Oi PneuiI.
 These 0!d towns were located wherever water could bs found 10 irrigaie their crOp-. whether ID the mountains or upon ihe plains Huge irfigsIlng canals, ca pablo Ci supplying water for many thou sand acres ot land, are stll plainly to be traced in theT course across the valleys for thIr,y or forty miles. At Mesa City, o MOfmOr settlement, one of the prehis- tOric canals is still nsed to convey water Co the ranches in tha. lochi- it.. As ;he rCins snow thas ite only i'm pi-usE. of this people were of stone or wood and that they had no beast ot bur der, Olc cal scarcely comprehend the amJuui of labor that Was necessary to cOnstrue- these.
 GREAT WATERWAYS.
 The remains are of two sorts, known as Ruins and Buried Clsies." h the rcOuntsiCs, where good rock wGs plenty, they used v for building material, SO that the Ruins" are often very well pre- served; but on the plains tue material used was adobe which wsI crumbled, so tha; all ihas IS left is c collection of mounds Oi debris, with here and there Lu a6oJc wall p.Oirudiug.
 II is such Buried City" that Mr CGahiug IS at present msking his ezcava- tious. Re not iab1riDg for the smith sJnisn institution E5 formerly. l sup pose that our government would more willingly all.w these few clues of a lost people to bs destroyed than make any provision involving expense, for their preservation. A wealthy Boston lady is at present paying the expenses of the eXpedllioo. and presume that the re- suits will De deposited in Boston rather thar the capital of t6y agtion where they should be
 We were a party ol eight, with some thlng as neaEiy @ tsliy-hO G5 tbIs clun- try affords. We started directly after an early breakfast. The morning ar was rHsl-- chilly. bur the ride over th5 desert was delightful. "Dassrt" iu this Couu- ,ry means 10 sun baked soil, without blade of grass but scattered with grease sood, mesquite and cactus. Among the clcti winch arc JEc most prominent feature ot t1s landscape, is what is known as ths glI-l c-ojus. l have seen severn! Jf them yult must have exceed- ed fifty ,retlu E4l-h- < yarn Is gU-- rent hear that tLcsu -s one Os then up ia the mountains that is ninety feet 1ixb, bat I fancy these figures are for the beLei. of California ezc1rsiouists.
 This wEs EOt always desert for IL is iutersected by prehistoric di;ches ID sll directions, snd for miles the ground IS fa.riy.
 sTKEWS wITH BROKEN POTTERY.
 Recen; experiments prove that all kinds o1 fruit that Can be raised in C4lI- fJruls sruT Ugun this land Co perfection and are ready for market fully 0 month earlier SO that many native CaE.crElsus who have sold their homes at high prces Go e--i,rl people au- Lave purchased here sad made arrange Co !rrlga;e aHd cultivate the lIni-. This barren desert .s now held Gt S2j au acre.
 We arriveI Gt the camp about 10 o'clock sni. fortunately enough. Et the same L.ue, Mir. Cushing returned from R trip Go pan Francisco where be had beeu mGSIng some comparisons between tSC Chinese and the Zuni mythology), SO t.et vc were able to accompany him the ruins, and Co listen to the report of hl- heutensn.. Mir. Hodges, the excavations and findings during hts absence
 lha eucumpment consists of @ number Of large tents arranged ID an l. shape and iucing the greater portion of Los MUert0s. There uu5t be nearly a score Of persons connected with the encamp- meut. including the everpTesent news paper ngn. Directly north oi the tents are some private dwellings opened by ihe eXcgvstors. The walls are often | thee feet in thickness. A Aframa work of | poles aud Ealter- had been set mp and | both inside aud out with adobe; l a stuCcO os plaster was then applied with | the hand, 50 that even now the perfect | imprint of a hBEd may often be seen up DO the wal!s. Perhaps l may us well add | Tor the bsneii. ot some curi us readers | that the hands were Of tEe most Grist ,g,.ic tyre. being small with delicate. l taperiog fingers.
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