The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-26
NEW DISCOVERY
OF FF-H0USES
Archaeological Institute viii
Take Matter Up.
FIND is NORTH OF PRICE
PROF. BYRON CUMMINGS PLANS
AN EXPEDITION.
TIE discovery Of elf DWELLINGS, Fl
L--ah TN ho.- y al ---.-. -. LIZ

{ TT BE discovery or elf dwellings, %
/ Utah, farther north than they iisss
ever before been found. .1zas5e
brought to the attentions Or the local
branch Of the American ,Ehsat1se ~
! Archaeology. An expedition IS heE
PLANNED TO make a scientific invea.iga-
+ ton of the ruins. The dyteiiiugs arc p
! different branches of Nin@- mile eansof.
/ near the road tlat runs-ifrom prics ~
NerneL Professor Byron Cummings %
the University or Utah who is also 2
I member Of the archaeological institute
/ Intends to visit tie locality as soon as
he can get away from HE resulsr yrorls.
he VIII probably go in behalf u Gotta
institutions
Cliff dwellings have never before been
found farther north than the canyons
Of the Rio sfraEde and the colorado irl
southeastern Utah and eouthUas
Colorado. IN Arizona and New MpEeo
some exist, but nearly au hitherto Dis
covered are within a narrow are2 81
the locality first mentioned. The rer.1-
ern elm dwellings OF which aofhlI
mas ever before been written. a-e
NiDe-mile canyon aud IFS branches
about forty-hve miles northwest 81.
Price. and close 10 the tine 1ltrec.
Carbon and Emery couatiea 1ney are
within twenty miles of Brcca s. e. sea-
ton on Tho stage line running fG1Tl
Price 30 Fort DDchesne and El-a5.
which has been The scene or severe
bloody tragedies. Close To Br0eE's =1s
mair road energies fTOT <i1e~n
canyon northward into Gate ealrae.
snd thence out into the DuchesGe de--
ert. The cliff dwellings are fart her
Gown NiDe-mile canyon in the region
of the Bad Land cliffs and Tgra.5lz
plateau.
Known TO Cowboys.
For years the ranchers and cowboys
/ that have Travelled over this a1uutrT
have known Of che existence of tla $50
Client ruins nigh up the cauFdl Sides
Tn fact. il las Desu rumoreG t1at SONS
Of them have formed hiding Iils
members of Ihe Robbers RO0Sl gang
Iof outlaws. who range through This par-
Of Utah. lit IS considered doubtful
however. that many Of them couid l7re
afforded d refuge Of this kind neCau=e
they are - extremely inaccessible by
ordinary means.
50 far as known the only oEplO-a-
ton of tine cliff houses made to date
was by q party headed by l. s. pickiu
an interest in the collection of western
antiquities and Of Indian relies.
There are Droba bis at least "a da1e1
cliff dwellings In this vicinity, ana per-
haps more said Mr. Dickinson yeSter-
day. Most OF them ara 80 high ehat
it il Impossible 60 get tleas-Ey ordinsrv 4
means We we're able to reach only
three. and we had great difficulty in
doing that. Tt took rs about Two DAYS
from Brooks. ] had seen the houses
before and wanted 10 visit Them bilt
they We're up a sheer ascent OF rock tnar
it was impossible TO go up in the ordi
nary way We went some ctslanr-
away and got lot OF long. heavy poles
tied a rope to them and the other erd
to one of our saddle horns. and saake1
them over TO the place we wanted 10
90 I'D.
"Bv putting these long poles against
the side IF the rock and climbing MP
10 the nexC ledge then hauling uE
the poles. ans keeping ou. we man
aged to SEE mp quite G. distance and
reached some of the houses. They
were not the best ones. though. fFe
went through them and found some
dried corn. some stones used in grind
ing it, AMI 81 little pottery such -
have obtained from the cliff dwelling
in the san Juan country We were
looking for q burial place, though. be-
cause wherever sou ind the mummi-
fed bodies you are almost sure to fnd
pottery They used to bury ali kinds
Of dishes with their dead.
THE houses above and beyond MS
looked larger and much mo-e pr5mis-
ing bur we were not able 10 get with
in q hundred feet Of any o. them. /
intend 90 go out there again as soon
as I can Zc5 away. Tt VIII take time
and trouble g. reach all Of them and
a. person VIII need fuu equpmtdC
of ropes and ladders ana plenty Of heip
to set TO some of these houses.
Is Picturesque Country.
1T think 1T VIII be worth the effort.
however. i IS worth while 70 take
q trip in that direction 5usr 70 see
that counC--. for Nine-mlle canyon rs
the pTettiesJ 7 have eVer seen and
have been Eoing oyer the west Tor
nearly forty years. The ciiH houses
are perched riCturesgueiy away up the
side of the canyon
Professor Byron Cummings said last
evening the matter sad just been
brought % his attention
ST had never before heard of the
existence OF these cliff dwellings north
of Price IA said. "and I am anxious
to see them. I Intend 70 bring the
matter to the attention Of the Archae-
ological institute with q view To hav-
ing thorougn and scientific inTesti-
CATION undertaken. Just as soon az
can get away / want 60 90 out
there"
Cliff dwellings were the d0micIies 81
q prehistoric race. from which are sup-
posed to DC descended the Pueblo Ia
disns OF Arizona. New Mexico and
southern california. They sought The
lofty eyries for protection from hostile
tribes and from she clements.