The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08


wateT-supply IN e state Of siege. One car
only wish for time and means 70 make a
thorough exploration. though l under
stand arrangements are already made for
following up the passage from the TiTcr
end. which is clear for some little dis
lance The importance Of this point In
deciding the nature ard purpose of tie
ruins. i, Is hardly possible 20 overest!-
mate.
Another interesting feature. before We
PASS 10 the ruins proper. is the presence.
IN somewhat striking abundance at iFre--
ular intervals over the top or the hin.
Of conical stones ranging In height from
one 70 about three feet No one can faH
70 observe them. but what they We're
meant for Is strange puzzle AS. Nc.
oswald Crawford says In his Portugal.
old and New IL they occurred in the Far
East there would be no doubt as 10 the
part they played in relisious worship.
but these cartridge shaped objects among
primitive ceit- Iberians can hardly se SUP
posed 90 have fulfilled such functions.
Besides. their great numbers are scat
tered all about intact or broken. and
must have been originally abundant
enough 10 furnish at least one specimen
for every building IN the place IL mug,
also be noted that no single structure on
the hill gives ground for the supposition
Of temple or place OF worship The
hypothesis OF the totem" seems either
not to have occurred to any Of the Euro
pean Investigators. or 20 have been dts
missed with silent contempt
frs FMS
yet TO be examined. namely. the real M
ture OF the buildings themselves. So far
as guesswork can help us. there Is reason
10 believe that their original height did
rot. as a rule. exceed eight or nine feet:
and through the iabors OF Sarmento tw }
OF them were some years ago recon
structed in accordance with that belief
hear the edge OF the steep face OF the
h1 commanding all the lower voilcy.
Most OF these buildings are. as We said.
circular, with an average diameter OF
! perhaps. twelve feet: none that ! found
| the opportunity of measuring came with
/ in near approach OF Mr.. Crawfnrd s
''twenty-one foot I'm diameter" The OBJ
! long ones are comparatively few IN NUN
| bsr. The thatch which. according "a
roof. might easily have been supplied from
the fields below. and the continued use
OF the same substance fer the farm
houses Of the neighborhood certainly
gives color 10 the conjecture, yet the
fragments OF tiles which TIL within T
few years ago. were found III quantities
strewn about among the ruins. would
seem to point to a different kind OF Gov
ering Within recent times. the cleaning
processes or archaeologists have removed
all these broken shards in part 20 private
collections. but also IN sufficient amount
to the local museum Of Guimaraez 20 give
one al 1.-The data desirable for inferencs.
when ! saw the place most Of the In
teresting parts were a. clean-swept IS a
wefl-kept private yard From the spot
where the remains are thickest. the de-
scent T. abrupt. short ten minutes be-
ing sufficient 20 bring one 90 Br4teiros
once more.
That these singular ruins were placed
FOR safety al the summit % this pTecipi-
touS hnl. guarded on the accessible side
by The stout defensive wall. cannot b.
doubted for a moment.
In yon straight path a'thousand
Might well b stepped by three
Put il seems 10 myself extremely ira
probable that the buildings. circular o.
oblong could have been fss some All
tharitics holIg nothing more than sfors,.
houses for gain or other valuable pro
d1ee The selection a secure heights Tor
constant dwelling puT9oaes f. one - ths
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a. -. 81
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