Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01

,,,. places their walls are
unoe. in nther above than below,
nearer eaon . look somewhat IKE caves
= that W. In the rock. usually IA
Or champe,eb a gorge we lind peautilu,
s:.gstAtion, but our n ma holes.
hy deep pa nsils and back many mics
ION the VARY numbers OF monument
INTO inc e9u ,ss are observed, so we nave
eAaped pun assemble OF wonderful fea-
so..Ncarved walls roEe' ana monu,
i !lis,s gulches MOUNDS anu
rsnts' .,o towering monuments.
~ ,hese mounded pilloMs o ,Iaps
ps!s .,one. past these oar So e nas,
''nu',,bese fern decke1 aleVnvS 49,. aps 9
rl rnural curves, we gllus nov, ~.
hese stopping now ana tnen " now
hoa, l,,lop Is arrested by syn,o u,htcS
t sSsr until we reach d po'N' "'N"
historic r >,.rr
-. wear INC Father Escalante; a
In lne gnrlsst. made an exposition
spinlssnu o,e ne to the northwest, cross
nom ss"G Grand and Green, and then
ibg lhe sown along the Wasatch noun
psssns SS" the southern plateaus un-
talrs sne eh the Rio Virgin HIS IN.
Ill ne IV sss 10 cross TO the mission OF
ttnllon INIT from information re.
Non'e'g IN The indians he decided that
slyea ~ Gas impraetlcable. Not wish
ne louw, 10 Santa Re over the cir
Ing 70 i, ronte he had just Travelled, ne
tulous ayt ~ 20 by one more direct, and
dlelnpss MIN across the Colorado, at
vhlch ~ as Elvado de los Padres,
pnI s W. Inscription which we have
foh " ara enabled to locate the place.
raa w stream comes down through
ll'ue .,ov canyon from the west. IL
very aown This that he came and our
vas wv wing at the point where the
naN srossea. A well beaten indian
r,G e seen here yet
INDIANS RAIDED "MoRMoNs."
n,r0sr the cliff and the river there
D'vv't,e meadow. The ashes OF many
n' ares are seen, and the bones OF
enlR rs NJ cattle are bleaching In the
ps Tor several years the Nava1os
pM ..iaed the "MormOns" that dwell
m yolleys TO the west, and they
hniaSess cross frequently at this ford
NM their stolen cattle
SOME OLD INHABITANTS.
t.,. IN the AFT ernoon | got UP lit
A. a,,eh about Two or three hundred
", s,-om camp nd discovered the ruins
wv .s,To ar three ID houses, which were
w.,sinaIjv AZ stor e, laid In mortar. Only
v. %nndatlons are left, but Irregular
gs,ts Of which the houses were con-
.,,cted lie scattered about, In one
rson | find an old mealing stone, deeply
warn. as II It had been much used. A
,,,at deal OF pottery Is strewn around,
mi old trails which In some places are
i,,py worn into the rocks are seen.
n 4 ever a source OF wonder to us
vhy these ancient people sought such
accessible places for their homes.
nav we're doubtless an agricultural
ire but there are no lands here that
INV could have cultivated. To the
v,.t az Oraiby, one OF the towns In the
moynte Of Tusayan, in Northern Arl-
INA the inhabitants have actually
Mltllttle terraces along the face Of the
Gs where a spring gushes out and
Nus made their cities for gardens. 1t
!, possible that the ancient inhabitants
q The place made their agricultural
lands In the same way.
But why should they seek such spots7
surely the country was not so crowded
Nm population as to demand the util-
pton Of 80 barren a region, The only
patIon OF the problem suggested is
nls We know that for a century or
two after the settlement OF Mexico
many expeditions were sent into the
country now comprised In Arizona and
y,v Mexico, for the purpose OF bring
M the town building people under the
lonlnatlon Of the Spanish government.