Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-12

rocks, although tudcly formed, are
srli-sxplanntoty, and the ancient artist
tells plainly by his work what II
meant. on the edge Of a little valley
In the Huperstition Mountains there
was found great rock on which hud
been etched many small auimals, alp
pafeutiy representing sheep, and at
one side VA. the h.ure of man, a. "
watching them. II may be the ancient
hofduf himself, Sitting iu the shadow
OF thB great r0cs while hir sheep were
grazing ln the valley below, had
passed away the time In max ng this
rock picture. The hardy wild sheep
still found in the mountains 0i Arizona
may be the remnants VI great banda
formerly domcsilcatod by this people.
Tue SKELETON of TIE prehistoric man
dug from BENEATH the stHlggmitcH IN
tue cave OF MentOnr, France, aud
which cot all the scientific men VI the
world talking snd thinking, gives
proof OF no greater age than many u
the skeletons, boHos NJ relics Of some Oi
these anUlcit m.und aud canal uuiid o.
ore
The Incident illuslratlng the great
antiquity " prehistoric man ga
ArizJua 10 the following: In iigginE
n we'll on the desert uuftn Of PuWuszi
ht the depth u ll5 oct from the surface
stone m0flHr, such o. tue anciuuts
used, was iOuud standing upright anu
Ia II was stone pUatie, showing the
mortar had not been carried there by
any Underground current uf
water, anu that II had uO.
been disturbed from the position
In which w. auolent owner had luit
u with tue poatle "a DO. There is only
Que way 10 account Tor the position Of
tlia mortar anu prstlo. Ihty had
originally teen LETT on what NJ that
time was tue surface ui the gruuuu,
sud the slow wash rom tue noun
tslus hal gradually, during uukuuw O.
ages, raised the surface for miles on
every d. ie 10 the depth Of 10 leo.
Tue question H. Jiiuu asked. VIII
this hiefUR yphlo writing ever bu
dcclphrfog2 A. has been asserted, tho
authors OF tho most ancient hinr
glyphiU wriiings ur matkiuga seem to
have nad ulldehnud forms or mafAH
which were ia common use for thiH
class u writing. H. II not most reason
ubIn l. aupporu that race OF pe0-
pie NJ lar advanced iu other ways
would have perfected method Ui
Transmitting by marks q some Kind
tueif recOruH 10 those who might q mo
after thom2 Again where ~ muuh
system h shown in thu use u symbllH
u may be presumed that Tue same
mark, wherever used iu Cue same pIsi-
ton, carries with 10 nKod meaning,
alike Al all timeu
Having sucn ielllcl system OF
marks there must Boo hoy o. tho
thoughts concealed in the Whiting, aud
quite litoiy the key Tor drolpheung
these hlcryglyphiu winnings wllit1mu
time be iOunu ON Que q the set
undiscovered hiofuFlypuic rocks iu
/ the high mountains Or IA one
/ OF tbs mounds nut yUt examined. On
tue Other hand, there cau be- no key o.
the Interior class Of photographs ma e.
| by the people WIN came tsr % q
mound, canal and city uuildvrs hbd
| disapptnToI, iOr tie uruuuly marked
i0fms oil rcpiile., Auinals or simnaI
things had a menulpg, % any, varying
/ with each individual maktt
Who were those people who formed
a great nation here iu tue Ousuurity OF
/ the remote IuH2 Were they the
ancient fhmnicians, VINO were not
only maritime but a UJ.oniI.
ing nation, aud VINO, in Their
wellmanued chips, might have found
/ their way ~ the southern coast OF
| America ages Of ur, anu from then
| j0urnuyed nortl2 Or we're they soue
o. too followers u Noiau or Znmuu
who had wandered north anu founded
n colony Of the Az.uc2 Whoever theft
people were anu whichever way they
came from, the evidences VI the gfca
works they lott behind them gave am
pie PROT inst they were superior anu
diiorert from otnor races around them,
anu thcso particular people myy have
toon the bearded waite men which the
Indians hnd traditions of when Cof0-
nHd0,s followers hrnt came through the
| Oils HuI Sail NJ YER vaIrtH 300 1926