Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-28
PREHISTORIC PEOPLE.
THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS
lie Advise. the Enactment Of Laws To
Prevent the whnicsaio Decoration
Of Their Priceless Relies

a mos, Interesting lecture was dellv-
cred at Unity hail last evening by the
distinguished East lndlon scholar and
American explorer si11i Mahommct
Ta'cibcr. In che course Of bis lecture
h. spoke az follows.
The place OF na abode % our pro-hls-
toric nnccs,ort'wc snail cJnslder. was
fr0m the base Of the Ute Mountains.
through Arizona 10 Lower California
whore is found the prehistoric water
shed " America. Whom ,ho continent
" Atlantis was aubmcEgd, the east.
Urn side Ui this nemsphUte sank and
the west rose. thus leaving this enor-
nous span ~ county, which, 20 looked
DOM ullu from any hllght. shows
tributaries inuumeruIc which are nov
these moustrous canyons. and from the
Suu Juan u1W stretches these valleys
wheTe0n they cultivated their corn.
SQUASH melons. etc. The buildings %.
those people can Doe classified Into three
kinds. each building a'ns chiracicris-
tc ui iu people, thCru having been
three distinct races OF people in ;ha.
section. The oldest race that We can
classify today are those whose ruins
now can boz traced but by Irregular de-
plalls along the lover unahcs. Thev
are Cllwld u.s. a.. These were tnr
buildings that were always built IN me
shape OF the parable 1fram Their
temples were always 90 thc east of tho
came. had always a circular room In a
square r01.u, the cntrafse Always 10
the routh ana the exit always In the
west. Attached thereto are always ar
RANGED rooms Numbering hundreds %
all sizes and all heights Next 10 these
people were another Ne always classify
"h." They Always built on the heads
u the canyon. making very tail towers
ana inside these circular towers were
found their temples. with aNNya ihr
altar 10 thc center Beside them were
found what can be described aa their
sacred unlycr4tlct These buildings
were always built In tnr shape % the
uterus. being symbolic N tho concept
lon of wisdom. The next race Of pes
pie which wg call &C." were the chf
jewellers and occupants N caves. Their
buildings were bulk not always y
dressed stones like those " ~" and
"I." but they substituted ll-l3 T1ck,
which after having hcun burned, maze
excellent lime ln which they mixed M,
clay " thhi country, and which IN toe
day 90 perfect a. when The same was
huilt
Tho Manufacture, Of these people con-
sisted ~ feather clothes. cotton clothes,
and the CLOTH made from The deur's
hair They made their thread from the
nhru of the aloe plants. aud wuyc % Into
thrUa and than twisted the turkey
feathers. rahhtssklna and doors hair.
ana wove them Into cloths. They ike
wise werr expert ln the max
INK ~ pottery. ~ which there are mag.
nincont specimens in eNiHtence. Their
domestic Instruments were made from
the bones NJ different animals and their
stone Instruments they mauufac-
turld from the different hard stones
that are found IN this section.
Their footwear consisted n sandals,
made from the bears grass and bound
together by their thread. Several rpecl-
mems Of them ate also In existence. To
further the ends Of this most interesting
study. u win be- well Tor NJ, lrrcspuc.
tive OF all bpllefa. 90 form an alliance 90
force the government 90 enact such laws
aa will uruy'nt the Wholesale dHaevra-
lion ~ these priceless relies. declaring
The same as q national park. and pro-
hibitlnE Il from the hands VI thr ruth
less curip huntera
Mr Ta'elher will place unin exhibition
al Unity hall. November srd. the SPLEEN
ala collection ~ pottery he discovered
In the Han Juan country, and on Noe
vombor iHt viii dellvei = lecture nt the
same place on The civilization and
philosophy Of our Prehistoric Anccs-
tors