Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-01

HE ruins Of Qulrlgua ore To-
I'M Gated on The north bank Of the
river Montague about 60 or 20
miles from It's mouth and about
u miles below the town OIL
\ Gualan. The valley here be-
Il Gins 70 widen until at times 1t
bscomes seven or eight miles
Iva. The Rio San Francisco Is ON us
North while In places on the south the
|oo, Hills almost touch the larger river.
In. ruins stand really at the head OF
b. ars, valley in which lies the tract
N land spoken Of later. Here Is good
|,ho for large city, The land is
El.utfuL It is rich and productive, ana
kithout irrigation almost anything
ksntsi will grow But Quirlgua Is not
IA only city found in this valley d.
Estly south few miles are other
krs and others stu are found further
|On the river But these are the
bot Important and by far the most
Intensive Of all.
In Gordon had made thorough work
\ me clearing, excayating the fallen
4 covered monollths and In Washing
| cleaning them preparatory to the
SsHg Of the papler mache moulds ~
t,ssN that about two TO three let OF
n. and earth had accumulated sintr
m oil some so that one or Two
IN imost buried. That part or the
EE seen consists Of two artificial
made Of stone and mortar and dis
BIZ apart $40 steps. The one on the
h. Is about l2O feet long, by 20 feet
X. IN It's widest part. and STANDS
tgl q feet high with a level space
iop on which were some buildings
b IN ruins. On the north of the hill
about a rod away Is an artlnclai
b about a rod and a half wide by
p OF FIVE rods long, Or, II may be
art Of mote that once surrounded
entire city. However. this Is all
i found at present.
De other hill directly south OF the
p / larger and higher. II Is In shape
htihlng like the letter Il with the
poe part left out. II Is approxi-
ley 100 feet long with an extension
ft'l long and the other about 100 feet.
ch Q base ten or twelve feet high
built three higher pyramids, the
On the east being 1870 feet long and
pet high from the ground. The mid
On. 100 feet long and 60 feet high.
ae The one on the west wing was 100
long and 20 feet high. The whole
about 70 feet wide al the base. on
g higher pyramidal mounds were
llngs with circles similar to those
4 slenGue, only much more dllapidat-
Va these artificial mounds no doubt
4 large buildings, perhaps mostly OF
and now completely In decay;
'he houses Of the city were doubt
Of wood for wood was plentiful,
ioek was scarce, and these, too,
10 complete decay.
ARTISTIC MoNoLITHs.
[ne most interesting part OF the
however, are the huge monoliths
{uulully carved in human and animal
e and in hieroglyphlcs.
/ VIII begin al the north mound.
ae north side Of this mound is the
ac'al lake, on the south stand a row
ssse mOnoliths, beautifully sculp-
r. The one on the west side is
~ iett high, ~ feet by 2is feet
ahd is set In the ground perhaps
ieel Here there Is a solid rock
~ long by ~ by "a feet thick. 1t
'eeh carried more than three miles
me quarrles In the mountains,
! Is not the largest by perhaps
net On its south side Is the figure
4 man more than life size. having on
nead a beautiful head dte,s 8. his
r. ate not shown. On his body &c
Aaees is q very rich dress
|"nlng ornaments. On his feet
,ehly decorated sandals with
~ paw that comes up above IN,
r ana an ornament on the insteI
aooNe The toes The sides OF tn,
.ie pare On the east and wes
aye double rows OF hieroglyphics
~ no doubt recite the history Of
,,Isoh whose image is 30 lifelik,
.s0ne. On the north side OF tn,
n mohollke is another figure Of I
N 'ooui the size Of the first. glyin,
~ view This, however. has on,
IA t'Sed as In walking. and In hil
IA, something like a wand. III
~ en- pedestal with beautiful
49, below. In almost all case
n, , wv, Is open and some OF tn,
Gss.Nseih are shown. The nose &
~'S large. and Roman In shape