Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-18

lcctly smooth and distinctly seen. The
lingcrnails were perfect aud the teeth
intact The nose, ears and eyes were
gone and the skin was broken on the
right knee a ii one OF the wrists, expos
ing bones, sinews and dried flesh, The
head was covered with fine black hair
about four inches long, but was exceed
ingly small IN proportion TO the body.
not being larger than that Of an ordi-
nary infant OF three months.
The chamber in which this mummy
was found is one Of a large number IN
that vicinity, all made In the granite
cliffs which overhang the ella through
out It's upper course. Many Of these
chambers have been explored, but they
are difficult OF access, aud many remain
untouched even by the mos, reckless
Adventures. In fact, some OF these
tOmOs are so high up that they cannot
DE reached by ladders, and are protected
tom above by the ovcrhlngIng rocks,
so that they cannot even be reached by
means OF ropes. How the prehistoric
undcftakers reached these scpulchcrs is
problem which will he solved perhaps
some day when the pulvcriEsd dust
inside the charncl houses rise Up on
clill dwclers as rule did not resort 10
minimizing their dead, but preferred
the more Csthctic mode OF burning the
remains aud depust.ng the ashes.
| together with some household utensils
Or perhaps gew.gaw or fetish beloved
| 10y the wearcr while In lie. These PEG.
/ pie had their passions aud their love
| affairs yoy much the same as other
members OF the Adam family. and In no
way was their love and esteem shown
ior each other more iorcihly than iu the
! crude embellishments, which ucvurihr,
I less represented sometimes years OF
labor that were made upon the tomhs u
| the departed.
The papagocs in burying erect cor
| raj Of rock some two or three feet high
with roof The body is then PLACED
inside IN sitting or reclining posture
| together with saddles. brides aud similar
objects belonging 10 thc deceased. Ihei
| the funeral utgs Of the tribe are In
dulged, lasting sometimes for a week
! By tins time the uniortunatc-of, as ",
believe, the fortunate &c. Indian is well ui
his way 10 the happy hunting grounds
and all save the widow Danish mclan
oholy in their native drink, twsin. Blu
the widows are always widow
so long MS they live. Unlike IN OH
advanced stages OF civilization, they d,
not menace the happiness Of the dusk
dehutautus, They cannot marry again
They cannot even ilirt. They are sup
ported from the common fund and ar
the common drudge OF all. HUSBAND
poisoning IS, as consequence, o los
AIT.
In the mountain districts scpuchcr
are found built Of rough, but CAREFUL
hcwn rock and placed layer upon layer
stair step fashion. Each step contains
row OF deceased warriors, while the {,
male population were given a kirk var
near by unde loose piles OF cobb
rock These burial places, while not 81
ancient, are yet beyond the memor
and traditions OF the Indians OF III
present day. As they are few aud occu
only in insulated regions and ON loriiiie
points they may possibly be the remain
oil a wandering band OF savages from tn
North uf East.
The most wonderful monument in a
the Southwcsi--maybe IN all the cout
try-is a black barren butte ON III
Lower ella river, some fifty miles ca,
Of Yuma II is not wonderful from an
architectural standpoint. There are n
marvellous hieroglyphics nor immens
pieces Of engineering work which bail
the minds OF modern scientists. II
. only plain, bald, rocky point, uglic