The sun., 1889-11-10

The pictures OF the figure here given are
tHre By Prof. 9: Frederick Wright Of obsrIIn.
the antiquity of Man. Prof Wright first
hStGsEh FssSas ssa w9n Hdsms 70 Of h% Re
Union Pacific Railroad.
M Mr.. CpmTmainE. Ta the general manager OF the
reached Boise City. the day after the discovery
Of ilN the image and hearing about + made ni
known in Boston; and is referred to by Presi-
dent Adams as "a graduate of Harvard Col
dence would take, as conclusive in regard to
the facts.". After hearing Mr.. Cummings de-
Wright that the image was apparently the
GTrie OF @ isma,e al one leg and one @ arm being
production % as an % insenioSs boy With hs taste
Any one iookine at tie figure would naturally
Into, the well by some one who wanted to
originate m sc @scentitle hoa1. Il was also sue-
eed that the Ros shs Is ubed With
HIT thrown o % IN Would @ I haYe so been bee
ground to pieces by the action Of the sand
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and Prof. Haynes of Boston. it became evident
that atdt It vas was net } clay image but had been
coating Of red material Ienveloping It was a
cement Of oxide Of iron that must slowly have
further evidence OF its genuineness is found
IN the particles of sand cemented in the oreyice
image might have been brought up Intact by By
the sand pump ts unduestioned. for 1t had q
ZHys @ ddes nGt Soubt bn hs the sseS
archaeological discovery.
In regard to the age 9f the stratum where II
opinion that the beds from Which The mage az us is
far, greater antiquity than any deposits in
%Whieh, human imRlements have heretofore
is readily accounted for by inspection of the
region. Through obstructions in the lower part
Of the valley OF Snake River, probably caused
and a lake formed. Into this lake the Snake
River brought g rapid accumulation Of mate
its heRdpwaters. so that comparatively short
time, few hundred years perhaps. or a few
cumulation OF the sediment. when o lava out-
hoW bo covered dover oyer the be gh1Ie and sealed It up:
final, it is suggest ed that a more minute exam.
ination % of the region should be made;
Prof Wright says that lit s e diSut to nsti.
age OF this image and that of the paleolithic
implements found in the eastern part of the
6Ro Medora md and Fa Mnn
rough stone implements similar In type to the
southern England haye been found In glacial
SCENES the slacia perod From t data Conn
nected with the recession Of the Falls OF Mag
ara and of st. Anthony however. IL is found
that this period may not have been more than
5000 or 1000 years ago.
" AS TO tho connection of the deposits on the
Pacific slope with the glacial age we have no
very definite data, though 1t seems altogether
probable that there was some connection:
throughout the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky
Mountains and their melting was probably
hastened by the vast lava outfows which oc-
Cured In the region. Tho Snake River rises in
the mountains surrounding the Yellowstone
Park. where glaciers were OF great extent. The
sudden melting OF these may very likely be the
cause of the rapid acepmulation OF silt In the
ten temporary }oTnJy Lake of NampH whore the image
or the Image as a work of art Prof. Wright
says:
The high degree OF art displayed In the image note
worthy It not the work OF boy or OF "a novice The
proportions perfect and there Is pose of the body
anything that has been found among the relics OF tho
mound buiderA Altogether supports the hypothesis
Of Prof Putnam, advanced some years that civik
zatOn advanced on the Pacio coast long In advance
that which has anywhere ese been discovered. An1 Il
B by impossible that have here relic
Of those cataStrophes by floods which universal
possible that have In this Sanpa image OF tho
playtngs OF the relatives OF Tubal Cain see
In It Yeritable Antedluvian relic.
To this the Scientific american adds that 1t Is
In the line OF the various discoveries of human
remains reported by Prot, Whitney as mado in
the gold bearing gravels OF California which
In many instances are overlald by extensive
hese, This image supports Prof. Whitney's
theories OF tho early Development and subse-
Iuent degeneration OF the human race on the
Pacific coast.