The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

or az many different times. The inner
walls OF the cave were covered with pic
ture-writI1gs and signs There we're
outlines Of human beings, deer. goats,
lizards. snakes. bears. and trees inter-
mingled with hierogIyphies. but the hn-
mar hand was pictured most OF al
These EieroEiyphics and pictures we're
cnt IN the rocks. In any climate BAT
this IheJ would have disappeared iOiiE
ago Protected from the elements ~
0veFhanginK cliffs, the dry climate hsE
kept the writings from wearing away.
and being In most instances picked into
rocks which have black. glistening
gurface but nf a lighter color under-
meath. the contrast - very noticeable
ana wnen IN conspicuous places these
hierOEiyphics can be seen several hun
dTed feet away.
As no metal tools have been found in
the mounds. ruins. OF Cliff dwellings, the
hierOSlyphics were probably picked Into
the rock with sharp-p0inted stone
much hars-F ;han the rock upon which
the work was done. 1t is a singular fact
that. although iron, copper, gold. and sill
yer abound IN the mountains throughout
Arizona, no tools, utensils, or ornaments
or these metals are found in the prehis-
toric ruins. Yet furnsce-like structures
az ancient origin have been found which
appear 10 have been used for reducing
ores. and IN and around which can be
found great quantities Of an unknown
kind OF Stag In many instances hero
EIyph'c powders have been found in great
heaps OF several hundred In number as
u many different persons had contrib
uted a piece Of this strange writing to
the collection
These etched powders have been found
Duflel ~ the ground with ollas contain
Ii-s Ihe charred bones of human beings
ana could the writings on the bowlders
y ltclbnered we would undoubtedly learn
et est the virtues Of the prehistoric deceased
y',1.-er. a. we 90 OF person who dies in the
~, ilese.I .y day when We read the epitaph
ia ~ a tombstone Of the one who is buried
beneath Il. D1i4 47u
Country Rich in Ruins.
On the 1st Of April the exploring .x-
~! p,II''oh Oh moved over TO the Northeastern
-',osS Us, part OF Arizona-where Utah. New
1.--' -'--A-cO' Coiorado, and Arizona inset at a
Coiiiiioh poiht-ninety miles north OF Ma
- raJO springs station. on the Santa Fe
-.~ -,'.--i oau, mat region is said to be tn.
a',sS iIeiieSN IN the world in remains of
tliI.' ii. =" eiilAss. Because of its inaccessi-
IT, =. iids oeeh only seantiIy explored.
ne party may be there for vear
Speaking of sfhe work NJ eynGa.,.,
Pror. Fulmer said to the writer, w "a
Pidhnea 10 finish our Investigations ana
cur search for relics in about eiebt ,,o,,I,-
put the field is so much larger t;,an v-e
had expected, the labor is so deIig5t
lul, the climate so fine, and. especial IJy the
explorations among these prebjstoriS bI,-
man apodes are so interesting that there's
10 tenlng when We shall force ourselves
TO desist and go home. When tbs Sroer
icdhs come to know the wonders of their
own and as thoroughly as they do the (
wonders OF Europe and the HoIv Land
the government may take some stems 10 /
preserve the marvellous works of this very /
ancient intelligent and thinking race. /
Ihefe are in Northern Arizopa as ;p+ar
esting and wonderful relics OF former civ !
lIlzatlon as are the fallen temples of Mn 4
even and the ruins OF Pompeii and Hercu- 1
ldneum- But il is more fashionable to go 4
10 Europe and rave about the less ancient /
and less mysterious remains Of conm1n- (
tiles there"