Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-08

iound tue mounds entirely surrOn nde d
by trees, and on ascending to the toy
| discovered that 1t was flat, and that
me freBh dust had bgen thrown up,
II appears that Mrs. Hutchinson had
been having some agricultural work
done, and the workmeu noiicsd
falling In OF the soil. Elk.
cavst Dg deeper to ascertain the cause,
they nnearthed the entrance OF what
proved 10 be r remarkably extensive
aud well preserved subtera can
house. This Underground dwelling
Ia remarkable Ia macy ways. I. 10
situated uDder the south rampant OF
an old earth forth about three hundred
feet in diameter and about twenty
feet high, being on the hignest eleva-
ton In the neighborhood, and afford.
Ing 8 splendid view OF tue surround.
ing country. There 10 a deep Toss on
the esst side. being an almost perpen.
diouls descent OF eighty feet to the
Rush river, which wiuus around It's
base.
The qubterranesn edifce 10 emit cred
by Il sht OF five well formed hut
narrow steps, which lead from the
original level OF tho interior OF the fort
to the floor OF the vestibule OF the cave
uMSIitks FTslu WIS tub hIHt CuhmDcT
extends due south under the rampant
inches wide anu iour feet high,
AT the END OF this frat chsmb.r 10 n
door oDs foot four inches wide and
about two feet high, behind which the
opening at once lakes right angle
turn to the east, running thirteen feet
with fairly even dimensions to another
and gulaileF "A lilh laah. In
chamber twenty.nine feet long and
Que foot eight inches wide, and aver.
aging four feet nine inches hlgs.
Three feet from the door OF this cham.
Der, and on the north side OF 1t, Is
another AMI smaller door leading to a
fine chamber at right angles to it, ox-
tending forty feet northwnrd by two
feet six inches Wide and four feet ten
inches nigh. At the end OF the great
east chamber 10 a email tunnel or pas.
age two feet high and eighteen
inches wide leauing to the out.
side OF the forts rampant. This
seemed to have Heen tor the double
purpose, OF an escape Tor the occupants
u hard Pressed from the main anu
also for draining the underground
dwelling which has u gradual fall 10
this point. The walls are built OF
rough boulder stones, and the roof Is
oil Hat stones spsnniug from
wall to wall, which eppearei to have
been laid up In u very uncouth man.
ner. In Two places there appeared to
have been vents carried up from the
ceiling. The floor Is earth throughout.
fhe only things found in the cham
bors when opened were two bones sup.
posed t. have belonged to a COW, two
pieces OF iron ore, also fragments OF
pottery and q piece OF gaaTm for
grinding corn.
The exact date OF the building OF
these mounds cannot be learned, but
suffice 10 say 1t has beBn many
ago. This object waa Tor a |
defense against any enemy, ss they are |
always built on the highest elevation,
near rivefs, ehOrdiDg Il splendidI view
u the country sufrou uuing thsm. The |
Imposition IL that they were built by |
Danes, by clrrying the loose earth W
% their aprons, mus building lhese
passages ami sacsing tbs earth around
hem.
There are great many OF these
mounds or forts in the north OF Ire
and, but not all have subtsrrsusan
passages In, or II they have, these
AVE not been opened yet.
AfterspendiDg an hour or 40 there
md getting what informatio | could,
relurbed to our field OF labor, u little |
own OF 5000 Inhabitants, which we |
nave travelled. At d dad the people very |
etioent In regard 10 religious matters,
'ud suhering very clueeiy to their
'wp. AS this Is new field OF labor
We have no special nsws at this writ.
ny. DANIEL WHIPPLE.