The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-07

PARK.
Tl.krtel 'br Hulhrook, Arizona, en-
route for tn MoaUi snake dance. with
C. j. Crandall. a first-claSs photograph
rr to record what We saw, we leIt fas-
Sadena by an early train ON the Santa
+. railroad. rapidly passing through
the tnothill district of the san Gaprll
valley. which extends eastward IRON
It's Angeles sixty miles alon" inc
southern slope uf the sierra Madre
mountains.
Passing the summit OF the range near
uespelta. We follow the Mojave river
until II is lost in the sands of the desert
Noticeable near Bagdad may be seen
an extinct volcano less than one mile
from the track. Broad beds OF lava
attend tor long distance in sight. Inc
desert continues to the Colorado river.
which we cross upon a cantiiever
bridge Of remarkable construction. We
.uGn begin to ascend and reach the pine
covered uplands which skirt the San
Francis mountain This beautiful pine
forest is free from undcrbrush and In
some places looks like a nicely Kept
park. Deer and antelope lin-er In
sight Of the train, Lumber mills are
GenudinG the country, now too dry ior
G'llSlul CulllN Ndtlui.
CAVE JEWELLERS HOMES.
At Flagstaff is a comfortable hotel
and a wagon awaits your arrival TO
carry YOU five miles over a good road
II the greatest natural wonder OF TINS
r0ntinent-the grand canyon of the
tolorado--and a few miles east of town
the cave dwellerS' homes may be seen.
DO not confound these with the cuff
Guallinps. thpV different. Tne
cave dwellings occupy the southern
slope of a volcanic hill which rises in
the plain about 900 feet high. The
uavcs are Elobular in form and corre-
spund to what are called bv furnace
men hlowholes in pig iron, or Stag or
the furnace. These caves are in size
from six to twenty-five feet in dia.
meter, all have circular openings and
H"r approached by steps or short lad
j rs. We counted twenty rooms which
gave evidence OF having been occupied
hy prehistoric men. The openings were
sometimes protected on the upper side
by n low stone wall built partly around
the opening. Al the roms were par
TALLY filed by the nesting OF small ami
mails and the debris of the prehistori
nan. the cave dweller. In clearing all
this out We found stone implements,
remnants woven of cotton and wool,
rorn cohs. and coarser fabric Of Yucca
liN"r. and sandals made of the same.
The extreme dryness of the cave had
preserved these light materials. Frag-
mcnts OF clay pottery were abundant,
and few bone implements and bones
80 animals used as food. We saved all
these rude memcntoes telling us of the
customs of people who have passed
away and left no record. In the plain
not far away We saw evidences of what
seemed to he foundations of rude DWELL
incs and possibly of the cultivation of
corn.
CLIFF JEWELLERS.
Eight miles south of Flagstaff is
Walnut Canyon, one CT those great
burrows in the earth surface peculiar
o. this country. The canyon alone is
well worth visit, and here the tourist
may easily reach the deserted home OF
hat prehistoric people. the cliff dwell
rs. Sitting in your carriage, upon the
'dGe OF this canyon, you may look upon
Tie walls of the deserted homes Of the
rlif GWellers, built between the harder
-irata Of the side walls Of this great
g9rge. The walls on either side are
almost perpendicular and difficult &c
Urpfoach by the narrow paths which
al down from the top. In some places
'llne and the elements have so wasted
ih2 rock that they can only be reached
by ladders or ropes. But enough are
accessible to crafty the tourist.
Here We cleared out the debris Of O
/. living room. finding much the same
violence of the customs of this peo.
n!e as we had found in the cave dwell.
incs. We found a cottonwood stick siy
tect long and four inches in diamete,
resting upon stones forming a seat
across one corner Of the room Tn,
ends OF this had been cut by a stone AK
Almost every article found in these ex
aninations may be duplicated TODAY tr
tue Pueblos and many are still in use
am sure no one can visit thi
strange country, so properly caneC
wonderland" and see the evidence.
ot the prehistoric man having live,
here, and not be led to inquire when
why, and where they have gone.
EARLY INHABITANTS.
venture this opinion as to why the,
nave gone. / see everywhere evidence
hat considerable numbers of mankind
have subsisted on this ground, and tha
they could not today for want of water
! have visited many similar places IL
Arizona, including Casa Grande,
nave seen the earthwOrks, mounds, ru
ms, and water bitches Of this peopl
who believe were the ancestors of tn,
-Aztecs. believe that the Aztec tradi
tion Is true, viz that their ancestor
came from the North, that they had al
oracle-the voice of God-which direct
cd them to go South and build a city
That sign was given them indicatin,
where they should build, where the,
should see an eagle standing upon
nopal (cactD with q serpent in hi
leak" there they should stop an,
build a city. These conditions wer
found on the margin of Lake TuZcocC
and there they built the city of Mexico
This tradition Is perpetuated upon tn
coins of Mexico. believe that the or
acle was as they believed the voice @
God, spoken to man in the form of
mighty earthquake which caused tn
earth to tremble and opened subter
ranean water ways which SO draine
the country that man could not subsis,
and that in this very distinct way Go
told them to go, and they understoo
and went.
About twenty-five miles south @
Grants station on the Atlantic an
Pacific railroad may be seen the ruin
of prehistoric adobe dwelling lon
since deserted. The only record of VIII
this is so is written in a stream of Law
which flowed into the open doorwa
and remains there silent testimon
of the Aztec oracle.
DEVIL CANYON.
Twenty-three miles east of Flagsta
we reach Canyon DiablO, altitude "a:
feet, a great gorge in the level plaii
26O feet deep by 500 feet wide, spanne
BY an iron bridge. The conductor kn(