Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-15

! VI NH1 SlVdN NtHlples Ol Mu-hooN-Lu"
weap canyon, The young Indian has
reached the picture writing by means
OF a crude ladder, and Is attempting its
Interpretation for the edihcation Of two
bellies Of the Cuffland, who are reclining
on the ledge below the hIeroglyphics
The legend OF the Rock Royers is re-
corded by Mai. J. W. Powell who
got It from ChuaTumpeak chief Of the
Kalyayits, while sitting In sight Of
the great tempes-in the first expor-
ing trip through the country. The
heiroglyphlcs In the painting are cX-
act copies OF records on southern
Utah cllff.
THE AZTEC STORM GOD
Another picture reproduced here OF
Mr. OttIngers series Is one which he
has entitled The Storm God Of the
A2tecs" The picture is an exact re-
production Of the man of winds and
weather as described in Aztec legends
| lie walks In the high mountains at.
tired in brilliantly cUlored lon cloth
and head dress with a long trailing
skin dress made from hides Of wild
| animals and which blows out I'm the
storm, Independent of the legend
which he depicts Mr. Ottlnger has made
a wonderful picture Of storm clouds
| In action. with "A back ground Of
| heavy clouds through which ray of
| sunlight bursts between two cliffs, the
storm god is pictured walking amid
| downpour blowing from a long horn
a sweeping blast Of wind The features
of his face are drawn and the express
sion Is one Of intense Joy IN his action
| CT setting the elements in a commotion
that shakes the very earth Itself.
LANDING OF CoRTEZ,
A picture In the series perhaps as full
Of symbolism as any other is entitled
| "Montezuma Receiving News Of the
Landing OF Corte2" In the picture
| Montezuma is seated on a palanquin
| carried by powerful princes and
knights of the tiger and eagle, which
were the three orders Of the Aztec mill
tary system. Messengers kneel before
him displaying scrolls on which they
| have drawn picture Of a sailing ship,
| a cannon and n man on horseback. Be
side them lays a roll of cloth and a
Spanish helmet, and grouped IN the
back ground are the fun armed war
riors Of the Aztec ruler To the right
are the priests Of the two dominant
creeds-that Of Quetlalcoatl god Of the
air or the fair god, who preached
against human sacrifice, and who gave
them their knowledge Of agriculture
and the arts, and that Of Mexitli, god OF
war, who was most revered by the Az
tees and from whom the name Mexico
Is derived,
MESSENGERS MEET MONTEZUMA.
The narrative of the landing of Cor
tez Is that when he appeared on the
coast Teutlle, governor of the province
met him at the shore, and assisted IN
his landing, A fort was constructed
and then Cortez requested to visit the
emperor This was in April 1919 the
third month Of the Aztec calendar too,
! and the month in which sacrifices were
offered at the temple Of Coauicue, the
goddess of flowers, The messengers
met Monte2uma near this temple, and
proceeded to tell their story, Monte
yuma believed In a legend Of his peo-
pie that the fair god Of the air had
been driven from the land ana would
one day return to rule The priests Of
this god, statue Of whom appears in
the painting, Immediately seize the
| helmet of Cortez ana compare it with
the head dress Of the god, concluding
that Corte2 must be this god, returned
again to the land, The tragedy of the
historical event IL well brought ont
IN the interested expression on the face
of one of the warriors who is looking
ON the gifts Of Cortez. In the history
Of the period the story runs that this
warrior who was Ixtlilxochitl, a son
OF deposed king, Joined Cortez and
was potent power in accomplishing
the final overthrow Of the Aztec king
dom in Mexico. The cruel campaign
OF Cortez which followed is given by
authorities as an explanation OF the
cliff dwellings IN the rocky lodges of
the San Juan and Colorudo-where the
natives who We're too untractable to be-
come slaves, fled from the Spanish
oppressors and built watch towers to
better protect themselves from the
coming OF a foe whom they had learn
ed to dread,
HER FATE IN THE DICE.
Mr.. Ottinger has done a picture which
Is symbolic Of the Indians after Span
ish intrusion, which he has entitled
Mexico IN 1920 A beautiful Aztec
maiden is chained to a cannon while
IN the back ground a Spanish priest,
soldier and a politician, shake dice for
| possession Of her.
The priest is pictured as laughing,
indicating that his score Is highest and
said Mr. Ottnger In explaining the
painting The is sim laughing, for he
has had her In his power ever since"
THE "GLADIATORtAL STONE"
Perhaps the most interesting study Of
the group is a painting which Mr., OF.
finger has entitled THE Gladiatorial
stone" 1t Is a painting shedding vivid
| light on a custom Of early America
that Of dsposlng Of captiyes brought
In from warning enemies The urln-
oipal figures Of the group are two men
IN deadly combat ON the Hat surface
of the stone. one Of them Is a captive,
naked, and with an unembazoned