The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-10-31
STRANGE PAINTINGS.


There has recently been discovered.
according To thu Philadelphia Times,
near bona Ana, \, NJ, on the banks of
! the Hio Grande, tone bearing the rec
| arl IN series OF pictures Of an Indian
Hsht between twot-.hcs. The pictures,
which arc painted IN blight rcd on the
face Of tho iosk, which is n"agly Hat,
show them 10 b. the work OF q more
sliiiful hand than MAS common among
Tho Indians, and hcgrays oven slight
perception Cf perspective which IL en-
tlroly unique. The lasting quaIlii'soi
tAo paint manufactured hy the Indians,
the secret Of which has never been dis
covered, arc VOL known, weather and
time produo.ng no Porr"p;iblc effect
upon it, but actually seeming To deepen
and in'e.sI.y H.
The exact dalc Of the inscription ia, OF
course, not 10 b. arrived At, bat from tho
hnlf-bgrici condition of the stone and
other marks 4, J, sic 10 suppose that IL
j. ~ lcas. thru hundr.d years old, II
not of much mu-c rc;iSte antiquity. Its
grra, age is proved FAR by there be-
Ing no kIowics,gr ~ such tremendous
light as IL he7c represented since the
coming OF the white man Ia this region.
TN being questioned ON tho subi~t
however. an oil Indian ca..ci bobby
one-Eye. Who j. veil known IN these
parts, and who c-lus - ba 10 years
old. dcclar,sit-sl 10 had heard OF
gr,,, ha..Is f.IF osrGrr-J "ionga. Tonga
49," faf TO IN. ua,t. 50 vague wa, he.
though. thai u 49, easy TO see that he
NEWLY rcp-rtr,, 20 "a Tradition. Tho
pictures are eight 10 number and d!.
N.lcd nom each oIhrT by lines into
chapr - Of iae ki'ty-F Of tic oycr'.
iiob'y onc-Eye "rol o. F''-ily 'anll-
lar .iih this go - ~, sag and read
ilytraE>i4ts,l ilr Lass JisaG.
The hra, picllr0 frTEC.rui, the ilgurc
~ an Indian hayH. decorated with
feathers aud zsm.i With I1iHahaNk,
how and qglyrr. II ncagh ~" warrior
arr i've hundred r..Ilt strokes which
tell the numb. 81 u fauus mem Ia tho
tribe. Tho seooal picture b. iLat Of
bird iylnr tosaFi tho s1i,aHg sun.
This, Bobby said, how. th-t tasiF IaGr-
n-y was 10 She NcstNari. In smaller
'sur-s arr II. new moon and a
buck, which gives lhg time as being In
III. fr-t quarter Of the bucig moon. an
,Srrins - Juiy. Tho ih.ri picture con-
slst. of seven suns and a. maHy stars.
which indicates tina, they 9,Fr seven
days and nights on the Way.
III. next picture In that Of tho sun
rising oysrs naH.bcF g! gisuaE4s AMI a
hand pointing wish ,hrr" fingers To
srouahins panther. According 70 ia"
Interpretation Of tho Indian this sisnI-
h.s that they arrived at tho hahl.
ta,lon Of their enemies a, sunrise anI
then lay In malt three .days. The hiih
picture shows where IheiF enemies,
numbering 500. wrfu surprised while
asleep. This {, told By ,hr W!sUams,
near which lie, msa sleeping and be-
meath him tia, number Of strokes
They killed with ,h- t"rslahAp.s 10 Of
III. foo and took rliy rFls1rrta. III,
sixth picture ahsWs ih's - a head rioscn
with a ,onshAwk viyh 90 llnrs 10.
meath. and man wish bls hand. and
Zee; bound and ii;;y ilaos. TLst their
osn loss was 10 H. MN s6nloi In
The s",-n,h pic,gH - bead ~ NUN.
bored. and incin-sd In = how. which vas
the .;nbi.m Of huroF. The eighth
picture shows ,h.,r ,s.Gt,yhsi march
hack .osa~A ~. r.aiaf aan. ,h-ir -n--
".i', "a. run 'iIsht. -ntT,. - svpT, seated
hy Digit OF broken ARROWS 1, the op.
p-psl;s direction ard the hu;a Of IA. van.
qalshci Ia canias- Tho s.tac j. /. lar,-,
upT!-h: o'.c. morn smooth ~ ihr action
of wafer in SOM past az. and 10 fully
's.n;y-as" feet In hcish; by sixteen
sGj-. The plc:sr-, begin near the top.
extending To within four feet Of N,
h.sc. l, IL a snb!~ci for speculation
how The artist suspended or elevated
himself ~ a. Ia h. able e. paint ,h- tirs,
four or i've Of his sketches. The stone
~as nearly buried under tLc and and
Earth. and i's inscription vas only scci.
d-nisily discovered by Nrsi-An ranch.
man Of III" ncishb1rhU.-i. who. catch.
ms glimpse o. the fvd paint. Hrrap"i
away enough of tho soil to s"c that 1,
VAS the work Of man.