The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-16
GIANTS AMONG CLIFF JEWELLERS.
Women Seven Feet In Hefght-ReIfcs
in the Ruins.

The cliff jewellers were Of gigantic stat
ure The femur OF a female found there
measured twenty inches in length, indi-
eating height OF at least seven feet for
her. The skulls show that the cliff dwell
ar had long, Intelligent face strong
chin. high brow and a skull perfectly fat
on the back The teeth are we'll formed.
but the incisors are missing and in their
place are found grinders
The Cliff jewellers were numerous, and
New Mexico and Arizona at one time had
a FAR more numerous population than
they have at present The cliff dwell
ers had extensive systems of irrigation
and constructed canals and bitches that
are still admired marvels of engineer
ing skill that might furnish lessons 10
present day irrigationists. Though the
sand has filled them and they have stood
the exposure of centuries. they are found
upon excavation TO be in perfect condi-
ton and could be used again II the reser-
voir dams We're reconstructed. In some
parts OF the territory, indeed. they are In
use
The numerous ruins of cliff dwellings
and cities which have been discovered in
the Southwest lead to the belief that the
cliff jewellers were as numerous as the
Pueblo Indians. their SUCCESSORS who
when the Spaniards invaded Mexico, num-
bered several hundred thousand. and. ac-
cording to ancient manuscripts had
many large pueblos. or cities. Undoubt-
eddy the Pueblo Indians borrowed some
of the religion and art of the cliff dwell
ers. for there is resemblance TO the clG
dwellings In the adobe pueblos built BY
them.
The religion OF the Pueblo Indians Is
also totally different from that OF other
Indian tribes. and Ii IL regarded az for
tunate for historical research that the
Pusblos retain in part the religion Of
their fathers. in spite OF the efforts of
the Spaniards hundreds of years ago for
chilly 10 convert them. All the stone idols
OF the Pueblo Indians discovered were
destroyed in these days. but through the
research Of exGov L. Bradford Prince
many of the stone idols have been re-
covered intact from pueblos which had
been deserted by the Pueblo Indians long
before the Spsniards came But idols
were left behind only when they had 70
leave their pueblos In too great a hurry
TO be able 10 save anything. and each
buried pueblo al which stone idols have
been found indicates an interesting chap
ter in the history of the race.
In Gov. Princes stone idol collection
said 10 DC the only large collection In the
world Of Pueblo stone Idols-there are
thousand specimens OF unique Workman
ship and appearance. The idols represent
good and evil spirits. Some are crown
ed. while others are in the shape OF ami
mails. Some are OF puniice stone and as
light cork. while others are of heavy
stone, such "a sandstone and flint. Their
study gives an Interesting glimpse Of the
religious ideas Of the Puehlos and their
predecessors. the cltN dweiiers.
Other monuments have been left by the
cliff dweilers in region stretching north
from New Mexico through Colorado 10
Utah. and extending as far south as Cen
trail America. On the ella river. In New
Mexico. are found monuments that seefn
10 be OF Chinese origin. while In Color
ado and Utah are found monuments sim
liar 10 those found on the Nile. reared by
the ancient Egyptians. There is Il great
mystery that broods over the deserts and
the mountains of the Southwest. and II
Is hoped that the government Of the Unit
ed States will IA Ike steps 10 preserve the
last remaining monuments Of an ancient
civilization. possibly old "a that of
Athens and Rene and which found its
expression In the lives and works of the
people that lived on the great Southwest
ern plateau. presumably from 2,rp 10 500
years ago