Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-30

Proceeding cautiously, they discovered
the WILEY 10 hu inhabited ly n rife
people WHO wore beanie, ahH by whom
tury were Received aui rntrra.neu
Kindly Aztec three days they tufurr-
rI TO tncir COMPANIONS Ou the noun.
tninh again mud arranged That they
should 40 back to their Old arme ami
collect all their people and return anu
toxic poasession oi the ricu valley,
while they would return g. ihs valley
anu remain until the arrival Oi the
army. arranging that signal Gfe
Ahuuld be- IT. on u ctft4iu b uk Iu give
them warning. The program wns NO.
rlud out The three returned 90 thu
Wiley aud artoos VI thu nu8rltaity
uftho people " hiic they spied out heir
strength Hud planned iur tlcr
destruction. Afitf many days the Nu-
nal lire was ttch Uu tho Wuuuthiu.
The three hnsienrd there, aud iounI
all their people prepared i0r wal. Dur.
ing the night thry iul them into thr
valley, whtru they fen uf0r the utsus.
rtCtiuE Inhabitants mi destroyed
thvtu. For - while tuuy Jared wei
but they were uusCcuHi.nu 10 irfi-
cation NM ullUWai the canals % 90 TO-
dUcgy, aud gradually tile country be-
camu pNichuI aud dty liku tue tut.
Uuuding utscit.
Up in the Hup,Isliiiun mountain
there Il an anCiuut drawing upon %
rock feprtgenting Hioup ui mcu
whose form anu features show that
they were Intended to fcptcsrnt race
different rom thc Indian tyl g. Arouuu
their nechs are ropes that extent tack
10 huOthef group NJ men whose form
aud textures show plainly tuht they
nre Indians. itis supposed Tint tus
dmwlug was maize 20 commemorate
tie uvout preserved Ia the tradition
given above.
The wuuIe raco soon 81 have Gre.
mated their lcai, and, rlaCiur the
chuffod bones and ithus So a lhrEu
ola, they buried them on fhu llbu.
The Miucopa Indians 81 The present
day follow ihp same custom while their
ucighbnrf, the Pimas, fury their dead
in tue usu u manner.
IL h 30 be regretted that We know %
little about the history li this ancient
puIyls. Sill, % acifolul examination
was made OF thc mounds, aud UXc,ya.
lions were made ilto them, 1 believe
We would learn great deal about
them. As II IA at present, there is
| comparatively no Interest taken iu
either preserving the mounds Uf ihr
pottery anu stone implements iUuu
nh.ut them. II mAu piOws up nn
! ola or vase he nllOws 10 10 10 broken
aud destroyed. Comparatively mo-
value 10 placed upon any OF thtB'
things. know Of only two %
three cabinets VI Cufi0s IA the valley.
There have been enough relics found
around Mesa CITY ~ mnto one OF the
finest G Elections OF antiquity in the
county, yet | will venture that touay
there iuu't even a small cabinet in the
town, The Latiurday Siuts' sem
nary there could not DO letter work
than " encourage the preserving OF
relies Of value found Ia the vicinity.
Now Had then small states are
found and some of them are covered
with written chaTactotH, ! was shown
one that was covered on both aides
with characters anu hieroglyphic-.
Such things ought % be- preserved.
ruUy snow w that the old people had
written language, aud lead ~ 90
nope that some time We may hud
other records that viii give "a tue HE.
tory Of tho ancient people.
JuEL RiCKs,