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


zani Indians still buid the.f 1Jsus
much alter tue came pftuciplc. IL IN
lafiIcu.aflv Rdapt-G t. tnu require
uenis OF county ike lhis, wnefe the
tlimste IL warm aud where wou &, ue.
cause Of Ia scarcity, becomes a consid.
Grafton.
IL has been said many limes that
these old iuil,ungs were co siiucied "
adobc. Th's tsa misiahr. have eX.
amiued many OF them ami havei Yet 70
rec one sD constructed. They arc buili
with cement, and ailef thU m1nuer
that We crest our concrete houses. No
0te VINO has seen the ruins aud u0.ci
the ! ycrs cement ss they have teen
placed On The walls enc after the pihef,
will pc willing 10 admit that adaues Ia
nuy firm entered into their construction.
Another thing. all who have carefully
examined the material used In these
old buildings claim that lane was use
largely In It's preparation. The reel
deuts " today ia tue viciniiy Of the
MOUNDS, when they want matvfisi fnr
plaNcung or for laying up ADOBE
bulldogs, 20 TO the mounds Tor ",
claimlng that u wOrbu W much better
than the clay found Uisow uerO on tue
plain.
Ia many OF tire ful NJ thu, nave been
disturbed, the old walls cAn te ta-ily
traced vTotfudibg t.soush tiie mass %
rubbish that bas \ cum lntHt arIunl
them, being picssfvet b. she hard.
ness u tho cement from $40 action Of
tho elements. - hard are they that
u blow with a pick makes littl0 im.
preston upon them.
! Who are they, and whence came
| thoy2 are questi)us asked W evofy
visitor 90 tne ruins, regarding the
people who built hero. Up TO tho
I present no one mas been able 10 answer
the questions satisfactorily. A recent
| wntrr on the subject say: "rhc sslrt-
| uOn u the location II their homts
| setms 10 indicate that they were vie
| ,insliy "a maritime people, from either
/ ASIA or africa, moro PROBABLY The
I iDfmct, VINO, laudiug on tue coast Of
| Lover California wucu tha. peninsula
was more closely CONNECTED with Tue
mainland than at prostnt, dfifted
north aud eastward along tho CJigfAnO
I anu ella until they oveffan gld
settled lhe iffigaDle land cont "A.
| Gus 10 vach Of these streams. TINS
seems the most probable theory ~ the
| hues Of thrir settlements apparently
fadiAto from near tho mouth OF the
| C0iOrado.D Wine, her this IL the coz
rect theory or not would not venture
! h. say, bui from tho fact that tho old
civilization hppearl 10 have reached its
| hi hest development Ia this valley;
thnt ,thO ruins nOrth an s1uih
indicate plainly that they we're Ouly
ofishOb,s from this center, tlal there
arc vile tracts Of land la vycfy difsc-
ton surrounding them taat seem 10
have been capable OF redemption aud
settlement aud on which there arc no
traces OF Oh citits, 4 iHciiuv 10 tue
opinion tnat this particular family
came here by sea. They ptouably came
up the Gull Of California aud spread
along the river cOursts. Every thiug
Indicates that their development was
gradual ami their occupancy OF the
country extended over long period
/ OF time.
Il seems to me that the Book OF
Mormon furnishes parallel 10 what
was apparently the history Of this
ancient people. IL will 10 remembered
that about iiity.hv- years before Christ
man named Hagoth bulk "A large
snip and launched It into the Pacific
ocean someWners near Panama hay.
/ n lhtkt uhhAti VI ANtHhAhNa WON WI
board VI II aud sailed ~ some point on
the west coast Of n orth America, where
they made a home. We are not told
where they landed, sbut the country
was evidently n desert, 30 much ~
that II was necessary for time 10 SEND
the nsw colonists food by ships. roero
was no timher there aud tue settlers
were Obliged 10 build their houses with
oement,iu the working Of watch We are
told they became expert. What tim.
Der they useI was also seut 10 them
by meau- VI shipping. NOW We will
not say that those ships cOastvd
along tho shore Of Mexico aud landed
at the head OF tho Cuff Of California,
for We do not know, but Il II certain
that there Ia striking similarity DO.
tween the old Nephite country Rud
this one. Another thing about II il
how Joseph Smith found out that there
were remains Of cement houses In Ari'
zonA, for without that knowledge II
was rather ptesumptuous on his part "a
make his ancient people huiid theli
cltios OF that material. Yet we know
that NJ the time he publlsned the Book
OF Mormon II was lmpltsible Tor him
10 have had any such knowledge FROM
actual modern research,
JOEL RiCKs.