The Red Cloud chief., 1895-01-11
Weather Bulletin.
copyrighted, 1895, by W T. Foster.l

Oh. JoSbfu, Wo', cau. Levy
last bulletin gave forecasts Of the
storm wave to cross the continent
from l4th to 18th, and the next
will reach the Pacific coast about the
18th, cross the western mountain
country by close Of 10th, the Mis-
souri, valley and western Texas Goth,
Mississippi valley, eastern Texas and
upper lakes 2lst, Ohio valley, lower
lakes and east gulf states 22d and the
sastern states 23d.
Warm ave will cross the western
mountain country about 18th, the
great central valleys about Goth
and the eastern states about 22d.
The cool waves will cross the
western mountain country about the
21st, the great central valleys
about the 23d, and the eastern
states about 25th
This distur bance will largely in.
crease the rainfall of this month, a
considerable portion Of which, in the
northern states, will be snow.
The cold ave will be most severe
in the eastern states and 10 may
be expected in the far west about the
goth, upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys 22d, Ohio valley 23d, and
New England Oath.
The month will close out with cold
weather in the eastern states and ris.
ing temperature in the west.
CHANGING CLIMATES.
Of course climates change: some
suddenly, other so imperceptibly that
the changes are not noted in the mem.
DRY of the human race. A change in
climate 50 gradual as to require ten
thousand years would be imperccp-
tible to the human mind, and the race
would accommodate itself to the new
environments 50 gradually as not to
note the constant change to a colder
or warmer, wetter or drier climate.
A %stupendous change in the climate
of the Rocky mountain country has
occurred, probably within ten thous-
and years past. New Mexico, Color
ado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and Mon
tans once constituted the Switzerland
Of America, we'll watered and fertile,
no arid lands but az well adapted to
agriculture as any mountain country
could be.
At that time, probably not less than
eight thousand years ago, that coun-
try was occupied by a superior race Of
people who had made remarkable pro.
grcss IN civilization.
Large numbers Of the mummies of
these people IRE o being discovered
aud exhibited in the museums, and
these mummies are fully as we'll pre-
served as are those found in Egypt.
Their wearing apparel, made Of the
yucca fax aud furs, are we'll pre-
served.
The burying grounds of these peo.
pie, or their wealthy classes, being
excavations in the solid rock OF per-
pendicular cliffs, reached only By rope
ladders has led to the belief that they
made their homes in these inaccessible
c%auons. and they are therefore erron-
eously called cliff jewellers.
The Zuni Indians are probably a
remnant of this once powerful nation
and they have a very old tradition
that their ancestors dwelt BY the sea.
Geology tells US that the Allegheny
mountains once extended through
Kentucky, Tennessee, southern Iii
nois, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Ter
ritory and to the stakcd plains of
northwestern Texas. We see the
wsrn down remains of these old noun
tains in what are now called the
Ozarks, Cumberland. aud the noun
tains farther southwestward.
These Notwithstanding been
thrown up by volcanic action before
the great change in the earth's equa-
tor, long before any Of tie Rocky
mountains had been formed and while
all the western mountain country and
the great central valleys were covered
by a great oceau-formed a mighty
dam that, when the equatorial change
lowered the waters and brought North