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which he knows
- ~ to lie beneath the
parched sands of Arizona. The region into
which this tireless explorer will shortly
penetrate lies in the weird valleys and
among the treacherous cliffs of the numer-
Gus parable! mountain ranges running dag
onally across northeastern Arizona into
New Mexico. Here. in the ancient trails
leading from OLD Tusayan across the New
Mexican border into ancient Zuni, lie. COW
cred in the dust of ages. crumbled cities of
a once hourishing race. row entirely ex-
tinct. Among these ruined habitatious are
mounds containing hundreds Of skeletons
of the forgotten denizens of the desert
Among all these ashes of empire are Jew
els. rare pottery, domestic utensils and the
fantastic paraphernalia once employed by a
mystic priesthood, which, far back in the
centuries, taught religion to people ig-
Moran. of the God of the white man.
D' feWkeS Is the only white man who
hoifs the key to these treasure spots He
mas lVcd nOng the Zumi at the lower end
of these uGils and with the weird Nopi peo-
PIE above. He has been admitted to their
sacred DriesthOods and is known to them
under an aboriginal name. They have con-
nded 10 him the traditions handed down
through The centuries by ancestors and
very much Henry Schliemann success
fully suited action To tradition in the site
N'''Obth bA MN as Ine sacred city of the
enclsnI IroJans, DIR. Fewkes has applied
The spade in many places. and the preIim-
mary tnds of this American archaeoIogist
indicate TO HIM thar these ancient tradi-
u"ns are accurate history. Some of the
baried cities III question are known to have
once been as large as ancient Troy itself.
Origin of These People.
But who were these people to be thus ele-
waited out of oblivion? Their cities were
built along the ragged edge between the
klrgdom of the Zunis and that of the Hops
Some traditions state that they came from
the north. others that their origin was to-
ward the south. An ancient Hopisage once
ccnided 10 the explorer tales Of a flourish
ing race, which he said once reigned in the
ahandoEed territory. He Travelled over part
OF the ground with the doctor and pointed
out spots where buried treasure could be
found The most probable theory is that
trey resulted from an overflow of the an
clgnt Mexican peoples-the same frontier
culture which included the Aztecs. They
Crce reached remarkable stage of civil
zal0n- Their cities were built of stone.
Trey were short and broad-headed re-
sembling the Chinese or japanese more
tran any other race. They wore their hair
long and straight. Both men and women
clothed themselves in kits and sandals
woven from the fiber of the century plant.
Trey were agricultural people. who prob
ably deserted tEe valley because of the ris
Ing of alkah to the top of their soil as a
res ult Of their mastery of irrigation. or
they may have been driven out by wander
ing tribes from the north. One clan of
the HcTi people seem to have descended
from them Excavations made near the
Zuni country show similarities to the lat
ter.
Spanish Records.
In addition DIR. Fewkes has complete
TRANSACTIONS Of the ancient records kept by
Fra ncisco Nasquez de Coronado a Spanfard
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ago, and the first white man TO penetrate
them. The Spaniards then occupying the
City Of Mexico heard from native servant
q their governor cXIrIragant tales of q
strange land far TO the north, 20 which
while boy re had often accompanied his
father. peddler Of feathers for head
plunes worn in native ceremOnlals. In this
strange country. he said there were seven
large cities ds large as the City of Mexico
itself and occupied by = rich and flourish
occupied by men who shaped ornaments
out Of precious metals. The country could
he reached after travelling north forty days
Yer Il desert of short grass
The Seven Cities.
Ten years later Coronado. with an army
Of Spanish soldiers and friars. marched
north and found the cities described. While
in Cibola. which was really the seven cities
of the Zunis in southwestern New Mexico.
he learned from the natives that twenty
five leagues 10 the north there lay 2. prov
irce called Tusayan. which also contained
seven touriShiug cities. There was no in
terCOur=e at this time between the seven
cities Of CtbOla, occupied by the Zunis and
the seven cities Of Tusayan. where the
HOpis dwelt, and where their descendants
still dwell. All that Coronado could learn
was that the northern people were brave,
and lived In houses several stories II
height. He sent out small party under
u l. -
Padilla. who found the seven cities OF TUI-
SayaL. as described. This party Travelled
through these very valleys where Fewkes
has located so many treasures. yet
their records indicate that the weird
desert even then was uninhabited its once
fiOurishing population being under ground
even as now They probably passed many
ruins which their unskilled eyes did not
suspect All that they called attention to
especially Were a few salt crystals.
The largest ruins are buried along the
water courses of the rivers. The migration
OF the ancient people seems to have follow
ed these courses. The country is wild and
mountainous. a jumbIcd mass of parched
soil and rock formation. To cross many
OF the cliffs is impossible. The region has
a dark and bloody history. 1t was rear
here that the Nohave Apaches rcsor:ed
when they made their last stand. Twenty
years ago white man could have wan
cered in many OF these parts unharmed.
Many battles between soldiers and Indians
have occurred in the neigbborhood. Even
these modern occupants have been exter-
minated.
Former Expedition.
Two years ago DR.. Fewkes. with his as
sociate. DR. Hough. acting upon the tradi-
ton Of the Hopi sage who had declared
that mound Of buried treasure lay near
the point where the Atchison Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad bridge crosses the Little
Colorado. resorted 10 this spot. and. after a
month OF digging, eXcavated more than
they had anticipated. They uncovered what
had been a large settlement of many houses
built like cells of mammoth beehive one
upon another towering up into a truncated
pyramid of four stories. The entrances
were in the tops. There We're no relics
which might indicate that the occupants
had ever seen the whites or learned any
Of their arts. The entire populace appeared
TO have deserted rather than to have suf-
fered violent determination by enemies or
the elements. No skeletons haunted the
living rooms to tell of massacre or starva-
tiOn. Several Of the dead had been buried
beneath the floors of the houses. Excaya-
tons continued nearby brought to light the
cemetery Of the settlement where hundreds
of skeletons were found reposing beneath
flat slabs of stone, upon which had been
painted pictures of yain clouds A round
hole was Invariably drilled In the center of
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