The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-08-27
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THE PUEBLO DWELlERs.
written for The Pathfinder by Wal
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What interesting things might we
know could We but discover a pile
OF hieroglyphics o. other sign-wrfting
relating to the doings of those peo-
pies who long ago, ve1 before the
time OF the Indian, lived and wrought
out their destiny upon the American
continent, and then persisted from the
face OF the earth. To find these and
some kind Of Rosetta stone to give
us a key By which we could say "Open
Sesame" to the arcan of times when
the Modes and Persians were yet in
their childhood Dr. quite unknown
would quicken the interest not only
of -ethnologists and antiquarians, but
OF every intelligent person who pos
sesses al interest in the history of
the human race.
The prehistoric tribes Of Arizona
subject Of study by the scientists of
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington, and every now and then some
new habitation Is discovered that
arouses interest in the race that once
inhabited: the Southwest and for rea-
SON unknown became extinct. On
one of their recent expeditions these
scientists explored the valleys of the
upper ella and Salt rivers, visited
124. ave clif-dweIings, pueblos,
shrines. ETC., and brought back thou
sands of stone implements, bones.
pottery nj other relics. This region
lies in southwestern New Mexico and
southeastern Arizona, most of which
has. been saved from the depreda-
tions OF vandalism and outlawry by
the government reservations. Here
mountains stand more than 5000 feet
high and slope away with great vir-
gin forests, which the lumber kings
might look at with Jealous eyes, down
to the plains where the prickly cac-
tus Is about the only vegetation to
be found. Here the prehistoric races
lived and worked, and a long time be-
fore the coming, in the 10th century,
OF Coronado and his adventurous COM
panions in search of gold they had
disappeared from the region. In many
cases it is thought that whole tribes
deserted the country, making their
|hegira to unknown land. The numer-
GUS villages remain for the ethnolo-
gist to Illuminate over and stimulate
bis Imagination as to what became
Of those who wandered Off. There are
I'D signs to Indicate that ~internecine
Strife or oppression. from the outside
caused the abandonment. by these
tribes of their native land. Perhaps
the unexplored. regions of Mexico,
Liver California. or some broad riy-
et bottom OF gulf will in ages to come
FIELD a solution Of the mystery.
Many of the tribes remained in
their peculiar cities and her became
extinct. In some places starvation
may nave depopulated h villages,
and the decline in others is assigned
by some scientists to the social org
~anizatfon OF the people, which placed
a ban On marriage outside the clan.
One Of the pueblos on the a Fran
cisco river gave silent evidence OF
the decline of the race which had liv-
ed there centuries ago. In the outer
rooms. of the, pueblo burials had taken
place; further on in the inner rooms
still, others. had been made, shown to
have taken place at a later time by
the absence of pottery or trinkets
which were usually placed with the
dead. Rooms that were still farther
In were also found % have been de-
voted to h dead bodies of the clan,
having become useless to those who
still lived. I've have here" says one