Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

OF these hammers had a groove pecked
around them to facilitate the fastening to
a handle.
Unfinished implements and cores from
which pieces for implements had been
clipped were everywhere about and nearby
were circles of stones that had been used
to hold down the skin covers of the tents
of the quarrymen. These quarry people
must have been in the country long before
they saw any white people, for there We're
no glass beads, iron arrow points or sim
liar objects such as Indians at once get
by trade from the very first white ex-
plorers, travellers and settlers.
Specimens of the rock of the quarry, Of
the cores, unfinished implements and stone
hammers were sent to the museum and are
the first specimens collected from the
quarry, or in fact from northeastern Wy
omlng.
This quarry is remarkably large. A five
acre prehistoric quarry would be pro-
nounced large anywhere. but when it is
considered that last year in the southern
part Of the state several large quarries
were seen, the addition of five more acres
of prehistoric quarry work makes an amaz-
ing total. The extent of this work seems
the more surprising because it is not
known yet whittier the product was car
rled.
The quarry is also remarkable for being
further north in Wyoming than any flint
rock q~uarries were previously known to
exist.
Photographs ON Walls.
Petroglyphs, or picture writing cut in the
rocks made by other than white hands
were seen and photographed on the sand
stone cliffs and In the cave dwelling on
the western side Of OIL creek. This place
is on the western edge Of the Black Hills
some six miles west Of Newcastle.
Some Of these writings represent men,
! the cave men who lived there, and are
Identical in general outline. character and
approximate size with both ~petrOglyphs
and photographs found in the cave dwell
ing In Muddy canon as well as the rock
carvings found last year near Hammond
in the southern part Of the state. This
goes to show that the people who made
them, II not the same, were at least in
fluenced by each other.
One of the p~etroglyphs represents an
XIII animal and others ceremonial
shields with markings which possibly may
be interpreted when the photographs are
submitted 10 those who are students OF the
old Sionan designs and religious ceremonial
decorations.
The photographs or paintings in the cave
dwelling on the north side Of Muddy canon
In the Big Horn mountains are in red and
some in drab. The drab pictures are the
first In that color which Mr.. Smith has
seen in his archaeological work. which has
been continuous for more than eighteen
years. The greater number OF photographs
which he has seen in the northwest are red.
Some Of the Muddy canon pictures repre-
sent shields and one a cave man with a
bear.
Along the route were seen numerous
circles OF stone marking the sites Of an
Client tepees or buffalo skin tents. II is
desirable to make a map showing where
a. these circles are found; first, to show
the distribution Of the villages Of the people
using that style Of tent fasteners and sec
ond 10 determine II the tents In each viz
liage were arranged in a camp circle or
other ceremonial form.
There Is q large circle Of stones with