Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-16

enlnHlDll ana CInuuIuHlcnl problems
~ The southwestern portion of the
United States. many theories -or por.
haps ! should say guossos- concern.
ing them have been exploded.
Among these irr.dc-cont dreams
and wild imag.nlngs born Of fancy
and a worry limited knowledge OF the
subject. may be mentioned the oxar
eoratDd estimates of early population
u thIs mIHlod by the great number
of ruins Of puoblos. cllff dwellings
and cayato lodges the cNurhepnt
genius of the observer has had fun
sway Some have declared tho pop.
ulatIon ran into the millions one
writer. who made an investigation OF
the remains in the valley of tho Rio
Verde iu Arizona estimated the mum.
her of people once occupying % as.
having been a million and half
which ls. in all probability twenty.
five or thirty times tho number of I'm.
dians over existing az any one time ln
tho territory now covered by New
Mexico. Arizona. Colorado and Utah
combined
For many and various reasons tho
scdoniary Indians OF the Southwest
channod the location az thoir homes
very frequently. This might have
been the result of disease. failure
OF water scarcity of game. 1r other
cause a great many changes were
no doubt the result OF sickness. Cor
when an epidemic brings lts rnyages
the primitive intelligence OF the in.
dian Instantly attaches ,1 % some
suporsf.tlous significance and hIs
most available remedy Is fo fleo from
/ ii. ono may therefore. imagine what
a rU.nous mass OF many storiod pu.
obloB. consisting frequently OF hun.
| dreds of rooms. and without even The
scmblanco of sauitry protection. would
/ become Ia the course of years To
avoid total destruction on the break.
[ .ng ont OF contagious disease,
prompt removal 90 another site would
l bo necessity Long drouth In any
one part of the country might produce
tho same result. and no doubt often
I lid so. There are bat two inhabl.
tntod puohlos lu tho entire southWest
that are now on the sites which
[ they occupied az the tlmc oi COr0n.
ADDS ontm m 1910 Many puohlos
we're abandoned also through mission
AIRY Influence the missionaries aim
ing 10 policy OF concentration in or
/ der that they could administer Co
thom more easily Tho Pueblo o..
VOLT ln 1880 resulted IN Inc dosertlun
of practically an the Indian towns
ana the n0mad tribes through con.
| slant depreciation on their more peace.
WI noIshbors. frequently caused tho
lnttor to abandon their villages and
move to other sltos This constant
| changing of location. probably Tor
ages before the historical period Dee.
san. accounts On part az least. for
! tho large number ~ ruins scattered
/ throughout the valleys aud mountain
ranges Of TIE southwest
Charles q. Lummls the able iuFos.
l tlEOtOr of our southwestern country.
asserts that "lho puobl1a never count.
. '|N '..'''W ".NNN|" 100 NJ" N.N'. NNN| NNN '
also eIyou by A. r. Buudcligr and
practically aeracl tp by Cosmos Min.
1clof iu the Thirteenth Annual Re
port of the Bureau 1f American Eth.
nolugy The Pueblo population Of tho
roFIon in 1908. according To- O. s. ro.
port OF the commissioner Of Indian
affairs ls less than 10000
Another popular fallacy s thc Dee
! Net that the cliff jewellers and lho
pueblo of village Indians wore dis
rIuct and separate races SO douW the
cll0 iwoIlUr originally lived Boz yil
lagos situated in the valleys coz ON
| the mcsas. and was driven tu occupy
/ .ho great natural cavities iu the slides
li the cha. ms that here scar the land.
simply because thcy offered q great
er degrDD of security against ma.
rnuiing tribes than dii tho moro pN
I posed type of hubItatlou on IuvgHI
cation DO appears that many of Iho
ceu'orE of Cliff occupancy bad other
villages Boo connection with them sIt.
uutol either Do tbo IowIanda along us
D .'N''" N|NN' ''N 300 N.| N'NN NIN
heights while those eyr.rs might
have offered other inducomgut ga
| their occupants. b. evidently was safe.
. ty, pr at least "a REASONABLE, deargs of
security chat caused them to put
/ themselves fD tho endless labor of
sat.ns fheir supplies up tho faces %.
the almost appalling cliffs In which
many of their homes were built
Some have ycnUred the assertion
which has been believed hy many
uniformed persons. that the Cliff
dweIlrr was dwarf basins lhc state.
mont on the fact that the doors Of
their dwellings are seldom more than
three or four feet high and relatively
narrow This mode Of construction
was most natural ono for a low
door which would put au Invader Ga
the necessity Of STOPPING to enter
/ could bo more easily defended than a
large one. aud would bo hotter pro-
tccted from severe weather An oX
animation of human remains found
iu the cllff dwellings proves conclu
/ siyply That the inhabitants of those
lofty aboics we're people of ordinary