The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-04

was found Iu what ON that account WIS
tIm. fH.s woman. who r1N have hcru
tu.ur aul Helpliful tlp hcIle oi tho rr-
r.HH u Wll-H death found her centuries
..a. ncrhIrs thr object OF ilnIntr0us
Cove and admiration. She IS NOW thing OF
F ,Hr.usItN and aversion People Of many
CLINE, and tongues wiz gaze upon her,
. and Iu "a white City whose wonders would
stagrer her Yet She could toll the mys-
+ tery Of her people, who lived SO long ago
/ that mOderus must even name them, could
I Tell d IN "a breath II she had breath 20 cN-
pend. Perhaps 10y the next great eNpOsi-
/ ton some eyollted Edison viii have arisen
| who can shock dead tongues and ears,
| those Photographs of generations, so that
they viii repeat sounds which Will make
things clear. for The Bible saith, There
is nothing hidden which shall not be re-
vealcd.N
This mummy was found with a child
beside her, sealed up by a wan in an I'M
used corner of the house. The body was
> feet 10 inches tall. with rather small
hands and feet, and fine, soft, brown hair
1t is doubled up and the swollen tongue
prOtrudcs from the mouth. Evidently as
long ago as her suffering was, it was great
while il lasted This body was in good
preservation when discovered, but outer
air is playing havoc with II. All the
bodies are covered with a microscopic
insect, which produces an lntOleraDle
itching on the hands and face. She house
has the best disc Oyered eStufa discovered.
10 viii be reproduced in stone, in fac smile,
dimensions all, fireplace, tiny closets, and
the grave in which this mummy was
found, in Battle Rock cliff dweller OK
hibit The She house group is built in a
ledge of rock which forms an arch 300
feet long and $50 feet high The only
water at hand is 900 feet below the can
yon bed. Since no signs Of wings have
been discovered on the mummieS, | sug-
geSt that some anatOmist examine the
stOmaChs TO see if they are built on the
camel plan. IN cliff and down the princi-
pal house is huge crack where some day
will chip off a great slide Of rock. The
house is now fairly topling, awaiting the
Ready of one of Mother EarthS fire.
quent housekeeping days.
A dead cliff dweller seems to have been
a dead dog. The corpse was left as it
died and rolled in feather robe, probably
the one worn in life, the foundation Of
yucca fiber, the top OF turkey feathers
they domesticated turkeys in their
houses. Next the body was wrapped in
an old piece Of mating, the worst obtain
able was good enough, and lastly the
bundle of mortality was done up in
covering of reeds. Sometimes a fourth
undersWrapper of cotton was used. Then
the bundle was thrust into an unused cor
ner, the soil slightly scooped out and
lightly spread over it, and it was walled
up Sometimes in the room the person
occupied in life it was placed the stone
door was cemented, and the body was left
till the resurrection, though explorers
have anticipated its advent So sealed
from damp and changes of temperature,
the bodies did not decay, simply
dried into the mummies you may gaze
upon at the worlds fair. There are many
of them, all as large as ourselves, thus ex-
plOding the prepOsterOus theories of some
library archHOlogist that the cliff dwell
ers were dWarfs. AS If dwarfs could
either have built or reached the large.
solid, almost inaccessible houses which
perch like eagles nests among the crags.
A head Of one mummy has side whislxers,
quite English, you know. One is that of
a small child with a really piteOus express
sion. When the relics were being put in
position, dear old lady who had some
how wandered in, said in a deeply sympa-
thetic tone, poor little fellow, he looks
like n really sickly child" Well, all
things considered, it would be strange if
that cliff dweller small boy should look
real rudy and Joyous The teeth are all
much worn, some down to the gums. The
principal reason for this is that their food
was largely grains pounded on stone and
seasoned with a hard sauce of sand. Few
are decayed but one noticed had large
cavity which was Just the place for a
jumping toOthache, which has been eased
for many centuries, just as all our present
woes will some day be.
In all countries and all times the living
seem TO feel that the dead need still. The
cliff dweller was like the ancient Greeks
and modern Indians Beside their dead
they placed jars of corn. grains and water
for refreshments on that long, unmapped
and shadOwy journey which each CT us
must take alone, no matter how many
start at once. And, compared with the
eternity of being, the cliff dwellers
started upon that Journey but a moment
before us. PALMER HENDERSON