The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1890-06-21
STRANGE PAINTINGS.
A Grsst Indian Battle Seen. Depicted %
Roeks la New M-sioo.

hoeks In New Mssio"-
There has recently been discovered,
according To the Philadelphia Times,
near bona Ana, n. NJ, on the banks OF
the Rio Grande, a stone bearing the rec
ord in u series OF pictures OF an Indian
fight between two tribes. The pictures,
which are painted in bright red on the
face OF tho rock, which Ii nearly nat,
show them To be the work OF more
skillful hand than was common among
the Indians, and be,rays even slight
perception Of perspective which IL en-.
tirely unique. Tho lasting qualities OK
the paiut manufactured by the Indians,
tho sacrst Of which has never been dis
covered, arr we'll known, weather and
time producing no perceptible effect
upon Il, hut actually seeming TO deepen
and intensity 1t.
The exact date OF the inscription 10, OF
course. not Ia be arrived at, but from the
half-buried condition OF tho stone and
other marks IL is safe To suppos. that II
Il. at leas, three hundred years old, II
not OF much more remote antiquity. Its
great age is proved further by there be-
Ing no knowledge OF such n tremendous
aght as Is here represented since the
coming Of Ia. white man 10 this region.
On boiling questioned ON the subject,
however, an old Indian called bobby
one-Eye, who il well known in these
parts, and who claims To be no years
! old, declared that h. had heard OF q
great battle that occurred "longa, Tonga
ago." far Ia the west. SO yagu" wa, he.
merely repeated an old tradition. Tho
I L.. -. L.. 4
| vIlsd from each other by lines Into
chapters of the history OF the cysrt
Bobby on-.Ey. seemed perfectly famIl-
lar with ,h,, style OF writing and read
lily translated the inscription.
Tho nrst pIc,ur. represent, the figure
OF an Indian brave. decorated with
feathers and armed with tomahawk.
bow and CULVER. beneath tho warrior
are i've hundred minute stroke, which
tell the number Of lgh,in4 men In the
tribe. tn. second picture II that o. a
bird flying toward the settling sun.
This, Bobby said, shows that their -FOUR
n.y MAS TO III. westward. In smaller
figures arc III. new moon and a
buck. which gives the tin. a. being In
the hr,, quarter OF the buck moon, an
swcring "a July. The third picture con-
slsts Of seven sun, and as many stars,
which indicates that they were seven
days and night, ON the way.
Tho next picture 1, tina, Of til. ,un
rising o,ora number OF wigsan, and
hand pointing with three hns-f> 10 q
crouchlng panther. According to the
Interpretation of IN" Indian ;hI, s!rnI-
hcs that they arrived a, the hahl.
ta,Ion Of their .n.tnl., a, sunr!s" and
then lay In walt three days. Tho Ef,h
picture shows whcF. their enemies,
numbering so. were surprised while
asleep. Thl, Ia told by the wirsam.,
near which lie. man sleeping ArI lc-
meath him that number % strokes
They KILLED with thg ,omzt.wk 800 Of
the 70" and took ats rr.spnara. The
sixth picture shuNs tllt IS bead eleven
with ;oazhawE vitA 900 lac, l.c-
meath, and = man Wlih hls hanIs and
Zee, bound aad ff'y lines. That th.Ir
own los, vas iss II rgpr,arnts,d in
III" seventh picture hy bead 20 nnm.
b-r-d. and inc!"s.i In a tots. which VAS
tn. emblem OF honor. TIL" eighth
picture shows their tFIgmphal march
back toward tho rising sun. tkolr ono
mir. in full rIsht. which 4. r-yrs-s n;.-i
by nish' Of broken arrow, IN 'h- OPP
p"nl;c dif-',ion and the hutsof the van.
pushed In ''am"-. The stone IA la-.-c.
upright one, worn smooth hy the action
OF water In some past age, and il fully
twenty-five Zee; in height by sixteen
~ii-. Tn" pictures begin near tho top.
extending to within four feet o. tho
base. u; II a suh!cc; for speculation
how III, artist suspended or elevated
himself 80 A. 10 h. ahlc - pain; the ;l-si
four or Ave Of his sketches Tho sion.
Was nearly buried under the s.na and
earth. and IL, inscription vas only aori.
d-n,ally discovered by Mexican ranch.
man OF tho n.ighboFhoo-i. who. catch.
In. . glimpse Of tho rcd paint, scrapcd
away enough o! tho soil TO Sc. tina, 1, /
vas the work Of man.