Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23
A cIIrr-pwrLIEE-s ouILn.



The remains OF a child which were found In
one OF the chambers supposed to have been in
hahited by the cliff dwel.ers. near the Ola Ho,
Springs. Nm, have been sent 20 the Smith.
sonian Institution. The body is in an excei.
lent state Of preservation and is that OF child
about four years old. When found IL was
wrapped in cloths and bound to a rieoe Of
wood about two feet in length. The legs were
drawn up about in the position Of A child
creeping and the forearns were raised 20 tina,
the hands we're near the shoulders with tse
palms toward the front The asts we're tightly
clenched
The body is very light. tho flesh having bcen
thoroughly dried on the bones. and the I'm !.
very much sbrunSon. The body c!os.l, re-
semoles an Egyptian mummy. cNcupt IN ,oior.
Lhe sAin Is very hight brown. perfectly
smooth and 50 well preserved tina; Ill, t,or,ns
can be distinctly seen. The finger nnils are
perfect, and the teeth We're intact nb., n ~
discovered. but these have been taken ont
Inc nose, ears and ewes are gone. aud the shin
Is broken on the right knee and one ~ ;bo
wrists, exposing bones. siUcvs and dri, d i,esh.
The head Is covered with nuc. soft black hair
ABOUT two inches long. but n Is very tmaIl an
comparison with the body. II j. no larger than
that o; a weil-deveioped In'snt three months 81
age and is very nearly round
The chamber IN which n was forr, IL on.
OF large number. near tie CHA hot St,rii..-..
All OF which are hrNn OEt OF the sol "a ro,-s
Many of these chambers have bucn e., rlor,l
out iheA are uiiif UT OF access and number n
them have never been entered H.. even ia
most re- Aivss tEtaIcrs. some ul tlUss tlntn-
bers are 30 high ny In the cliffs that tlry can
not be reached by ladders. and are projected
IN such manner by oyerhau giug rtf - hat
they cannot be reached by zones ltt loWn
from the top @. the cliff, ana no one has vet
been able 10 explain how tho c'ia jewellers got
into them. There is no doubt iut n n th,x
were inhabited. for In nearly every one u
them have been found either bows and ar
rowe, stone hammcrs, aAcs OF corn. bat tho
bouN which has lust been cont 70 WASHINGTON
Is the nrst one ever discovered IN one Il tL.sa
Chambers, and - far a. l. GuoWn l. she first
one discovered which MAY reasonably De sup
posed 10 be one OF the extinct race OF cilff
1wcllers.
What disposition the cliff dwclers made ~
tlelr dead Is not known, but IL - quite certain
mat they were not IN the habit OF leavirr bod
les IN their dwellings or IN chambers OF similar
eohsfucuon IN or Lear their towns IL Is not
known whether they. like the Egyutians were
skilled IN the art OF preserving their dead, Tut
II is TO be presumed that thcy were not IN
ihey had been, II Ia probable that there would
haEe been a large number OF bodies found
winch had been 50 Preserved az the cliff DWELL
ers must have been quite numerous m this
part OF the country. Large numbers of DWELL
ings have been found IN New Mexico. Arizona,
Mexico, and only one preserved body has been
found, ana that IN al probability, was leit
alive and died of starvation.
Inc custom OF wrapping mp papooses and
fastening them to boards prevails among tie
Indians to the present DAY and was no doubt
In vogue among the clin dwollers. Il il be-
heVed that the child whose body Wac found
near the ella Hot Springs was leit in tbs man
ner ana That Tor some reason no one ever re-
turned TO 1t and 1t died OF starvation