Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-06-30
IN THE TERTIARY PERIOD.
Cecil A. 0eane's Theory Of the
Cliff 0wellers.
LARGE MAST0D0a TOOTH.

| ANNN NNNltH 'fNll ~ nfAWet tNAtNllAis
OF the state Historical and Natural
History society. with the most start
ing theory yet projected regarding the
remoteness of the cum dwollers. or "A
/ part % them. Two weeks ago Mr.
| Dcane headed a small party Of ex-
/ piOrors into the country OF the clln
! dwellcrs IN Arizona and western New
/ Mexico. The expedition was financed
| b. Hev. Camden ~ Cobcrn. John r.
CampiUn Aad others. Its special mis-
| sion was 20 relocate a STONE house.
said 10 have been discovered ten years
ago when Colonel Marman was mnklng
an official survey a. Scw Mexico.
This structure was aaid b. have been
und " the lava strata. It's doors aud
windows being completely blocked by
/ The solld.ned scofia. when Dr. C0bcrn
| was in IN dwcllcrs' section of
New Mexico about year ago be grst
| heard OF this remarkable prehistoric
house. u was supposed 10 be- NO, Tar
| from Mccarthy. station on the
santa Re Pacific railroad. and part Of
II was said 30 be exposed through the
lava blanket
Colonel Marmon was dead. and his
successor Major Pratt. of LaRuna.
said he sent 10 the Smithsonian in
stiiutc that portion OF the survey
which described the stone house. II
| could not be found however, in the
great Washington museum Then Or.
Cobern ana his companions among
whom was Cecil A. Deana, went TO
Santa Fe and got the names of Colonel
Marmon's assistants from the published
accounts OF the survey. But none OF
| them could be- found and the best the
explorers could do was the discovery of
| one Pion, a Mexican who had told
his nelEhbors that one of Marmon'a
men one pointed out TO him the mys-
tcriouH stone dwlling but no assist
ance could be- obtained from pion. 81
the Denver archcologIsts returned
home
ANOTHER VAIN SEARCH.
Ceoil A. Ilcanc ana his party achieved
no greater success. They hunted up
Pom. but no money or other induce
Inent could bring him 90 lead them
TO the stone house which hc was
quoted this time as having placed at a
| point % miles from Mccarthy Later
on Pion admitted that be- had never
| seti the place An interview with "a
nan named Cana who also claimed
to have seen the lava crustcd dwell
ng resulted the same as la pion's
case. Several other clues were fol-
lowed to blind endings. and then a
thorough but prontless search was
Tade ia the vicinity OF McCarthys
Failing In the main quest, Mr.. Deane
an his colleagues dld some general
exploring on their own account Near
the given site OF the elusive stone
house they came upon the site % an
ola lake covered with lava. The lava
hRu oVcriiowed IL to depth of 100 feet
or more.
Fifty feet above the original level OF
the vanished lake a cllm house was
| found. From this long untcnanted
abode the explorers took tive bushels of
calcined corn. which. however. had not
come into contact with any burning
substance. 10 was 0f an altogether dif-
fcront variety from the corn that ls.
and has been used by the Indians
over the corn was "a layer OF clipped
stone. which appeared 10 have been
] Redeemed by some Intense heat. Sew
cral feet Of soidihed debris lay above
the burnt rock The lava hcat had the
same effect upon rock In other places
examined.
~ THE TERTIARY PERIOD
In the house In which the corn was
stored there were no weapons or uten.
slla made OF lava On the otEer hand.
such weapons and utensils were plenti-
fui IN the clin dwellings az lower levels
on these conditions. existing pretty
generally q. A. Deanc bases his re-
markable theory as to the period Of the
| clin dwellcrs. lie holds that the clin
/ dwellers comprised two peoples. the
| first % which existed prior 10 the time
| when the layH flow came. toward the
| end of the tertiary period 4 family
| of these nncieuts, he supposes. lived in
she structures above the lake The
| other he thinks. came along after the
lava had cooled.
II Mr. Deane's theory II sound. the
ronoter clin dwellcrs lorg autsdate
] any other inhabitants OF the earth OF
which the slightest trace has been pre-
| yiously discovered.
one OF the relies which Mr Deanr
brought home with him Is a mastadon's
/ tN'fN W'AhWlNh - NHNNAHf ih-h lliAN iH
said 20 be- 10 pounds heavier than one
n the Royal museum ~ st Petersburg
which previously held the prize for size.
rhe tooth is now ip the rooms % the
Slate Historical and Natural History
society az the state house. n was dug
out OF the earth near Rernaullo ~ n
The state house collection has been
further increased by some choice specl.
meus % pottery gathered by ihe Deaue
| party. Denver Republican