The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-09

The nrst American nat dwellers. who lived
krom three to i've centuries before Column
bus landed on the shores OF the New world.
may furnish an interesting exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. where It has been suggested
That some Of the apartment houses they oc.
cupied might be reproduced on q small scala
1t would not be practicable to show them
In full size. because some of them were &C.
tualy a large as the great department
buildings at Washington.
These huge monuments OF aboriginal ar
chitecture. would be presented to view in the
shape OF accurate. though miniature. COPIES
with incidental arrangements to show how
the prehistoric people who lived in them
were accustomed TO occupy themselves and
to pass their time.
suggested itself as q model. stands to-day
in a haif-ruined condition on the banks of
the Animas River.
1t IL about the size Of the Government
Patent ONCE and contained no fewer than
900 rooms
In Arizona. New Mexico and Colorado
there IS region covering more than 900
square miles which 10 thickly sprinkled
with the architectural remains OF these
ancient castle builders.
To give them that title. indeed. 10 by no
means Inappropriate. inasmuch as many of
the larger edifices erected by them and built
entirely of stone were crowned with mas
sive towers and defended by formidable bat
Elements. behind which garrison was well
protected against q besieging enemy.
Such buildings. in fact. did serve as fort
resses on FREQUENT Occasions. Under ordi-
nary circumstances they housed whole COM
munities providing shelter for large num-
Der Of families. like modern apartments
house. but when danger threatened they
were convertible II moments noiee into
defensible works. and every inhabitant.
without regard to age or sex. was called
aapO IN ali In fne fna
The fortified nat DWELLINGS were erected
on broad. rocky shelves Of the canons OF
the San Juan. the Mincos the La Plata and
other rivers Some Of them were more than
. thousand feet above the streams that
ran below-upliftinE their battlemented
cliffs
But in many cases the buildinxa were
properly to be described a. walled towna.
while In some Instances they were mere
groups Of stone huts. artfully concealed
ness to the surrounding rocks
I towns ON the shelves of the canons have
from ho.tile eyes by giving to them 4 like
The people who built these castles and
passed away, but 1t 10 far from correct TO
refer TO them n a ''los, race" inasmuch a.
their descendants survive even at the pres
ent day and are recognizable under the
names Of Moki and Zuni-two tribes, peace
full In character and ssmicivilised. which
now, a. erstwhils, are nat dwellers. occupy
ing towns which are to all intents and prr-
poses gigantic apartment houses. being
merely clusters Of rooms constructed bee
hive fashion.
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