Arizona republican., 1904-10-17
LIVED IN OLD ARIZONA
hummies in the Cave Dwellings Near
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Livingstone, Ariz., Oct. 13.-Special spondence to The Repu0lican)-
 Mir Mitchell, gentleman who has
 spent several years in exploring the cave dwellings found in the hills sur rounding the valley, is now camped near headquarters camp. Mir. Mitchell has been exploring the caves and oth- CT ruins found in this vicinity and has secured a large and valuable collection of curios. Among the collection are two mummified infants found in the
 ruins of one of. the cliff dwellings The
 largest of these mummies is only twen- ty inches in length, although it would indicate from the jaw bone. which con tains well preserved second teeth, that the infant must have been at least 1 six years old. The leg is only four
 inches in length and the left foot one | inch long.
 MT. Mitchell believes that the inhab- itants Of these prehistoric caves were | people of very small stature, and to prove his theory calls attention to the doors of the dwellings, which are only three feet in height. Besides the mum
 mics he has found sandals woven from
 the fibre of the mescal plant and beau tiful embroidery work on silk material
 resembling the handiwoTk of the Jap anese or Chinese. MT. Mitchell does not believe that the needle work is the product of the inhabitants of the caves but thinks that they must have traded with outside people.
 Other interesting curios in his collec- l tion are stones with hiercgiyphics and designs on them resembling fish, birds, etc. On the inside of one of the caves, MT. Mitchell found a large painting on the waH of two men in combat. The smaller man was attacking the large man with a spear which entered his knee This picture was painted with some kind of metallic paint and MT. Mitchell believes that the cave dwellers
 were at war with a larger race of peo- pie. All the curios that were found in
 the caves were about five feet under the debris on the floor.
 MT. J. G. Peterson of Tempe. who came up over the -Rooseve.t t road Saturday on q business trip to Globe, returned to headquarters today. Mir. Peterson reports that the wagon road is rapidly nearing completion. There is a small amount of work to be | done between Mesquite Flat and Toril-
 la Flat and about 15CO feet of work re-
 mains unfinished between Fitzgerald's and Thompson's camps at Fish Creek hill MT. Peterson made a wager with MT. J. $. Patton, who has the contract for packing the supplies over the road that the road would not be completed
 until Dec. 1st. MT. Patton is betting that it will be completed by Thank giving. The stake is to be a fat tur- key with the necessary trimmings. such as cranberry sauce, celery. etc, and to be eaten by the two gentlemen ma king the bet and your correspond ent.
 As stated in the advertisement for bids for carrying the mail over the road from Mesa to Roosevelt. a daily mail service will be put into effect on Nov. l. The route from Roosevelt to Mesa is sixty miles and the distance is
 to be covered by stage in thirteen | hours. As soon as this stage line is in operation it will be possible to. make the trip from Phoenix to the dam in one day, being a saving of not only ! time but of considerable exrense, in comparison with the round about way of making the journey by rail to Globe. The line will no doubt be we'll patron- ized by the people living down the val ley as well as by tourists, as the road passes through the most interesting and picturesque part of Arizona 1, Mir. Louis C. Hill, supervising engin- ger of the survey, returned to head quarters camp last Tuesday from Den yer and expects to go down over the road to Phoenix in a few days.
 REIDY.