Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-07

burial customs shed some light on the
social and religious ideas prevalent vt
the time. To secure the liberation Of
a soul after death tha body waa burned
and the ashes enclulcd In an urn placed
at the foot Of the pyrai mound. THIS
was not considered necessary Ia the
case Of priests and members of the
eauteTic societies, who had simple
burial iu graves prepared below the
inor Of the house. In these graves tn
body, thlcky wrapped in cotton cloths
90 90 20 exclude moisture. WAS placed
and covered with soft adobe. which on
drying formed q substantial vault Ado
be narcOphagl, supposed from their ex-
ira decorations, Co contain the remains
OF persons " exceptional note. have al
20 been found 100 the upper stories of
the citadel II ~ inferred from the fact
that two bodies are occasionally found
together that man and wife wero Inc
TERED side BY side. Like an nature wor-
shippers, those people endowed each
object with IT, spirit counterpart, and
either buried or burned tho indiyidullH
belongings beside hlH body. that they
might accompany him on hiH spirit jour
uyy Likewise the burial urn was
"klllcd" by cracking of psrforaung ilH
side In order that the soul might cH-
cape.
Nothing has been found 10 suggest
any contact ~ those nborlglnes with
Europeans, The race was an ngrlcul-
tufm one and possessed systematic
methods Tor the cultivation N corn. cot
ton ana tobacco. The civilization was
that Of the stone age, more definitely
called the neolithic, the distinctive fel-
turca OF which nrc the use
OF POLISHED STONE
Implements as distinguished from
Clipped ones. and the beginning ~ the
use Of metals 4 few samples that have
been discovered Indicate that this race
had "a crude knowledge Of the smelling
~ ores ana their subsequent treatment
with stone hammers OR terru-cotta
blowplpeH, The metals were worked In
90 articles OF personal adorumcnt, but
not into implements Of use,
Exchange was carried on by system
TEN u bartOr only but the nicely of
their cooperative customs leads To the
conclusion that the people must have
appreciated The advantages ~ diviH-
Ion OF empluymcnta. 10 distribute a
large volume % water over territory
many miles M cxtrnt Fo MS 90 divide u
cquitably among different sections and
at the same time husband ths supply
requires considerable executive ability.
ana Indicates a people willing 10 Huh0f-
dlnatc private Interests In the general
veal. Their communal and co-upera-
tive character Is also demonstrated by
many other cuatomc, The walled block
MMN "a AHNANNA NNNN NAlA'NNNN ANANWAfl
for many families The large temple
was, on the contrary, q distinctive trl-
bal building. In tho vicinity OF each
block nrc found large pits with a Wit
reous lining that were used as baking
ovens IN common by the entire clan,
The different fetiches or amuletf they
held sacred are Of concrctlonnry rooms;
clan nmuleta In the urban houses, and
tribal In the temples.
The ancient city N Los Muortoa had
a population Of more than Gi,001 per-
hnpa before the days Of the pharaohs
and the Roman kings, The city
IL laid out north and south. M
least, In a majority OF Instances the
streets run 90 these cardinal points. The
walls seem to vary a little from this
rule. In fact, they
ARE CROOKED IN PLACES.
o. n they might have been constructed
Tor the support Of hastinna or towers.
This city ana the one containing an old
fort further down the ella river are
the only ones In which the writer ever
found any evidence OF the preparation
for war u seema az II the race who
lived In this ella country was either 80
numerous that it feared no attack. or
had no enemies with which 20 contend
South Of Phoenix, ON the mesa, are
the ruined cOrrulH or stock pens ln
which tho animals OF the inhabitants
were kept Many finds prove the nur-
pose for which they werc used, What
tho animate were d. not 20 easily deter.
mined. ON the Stats found IA ruins
south Of the Salt River are splendid Ag-