Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
A FORGOTTEN CITY
 OF THIS TERRITORY
An Account of the Discovery of pr. Hewett.


 About a month ago. one night, The Republican printed the story of the | discovery of buried city in this | territory The account of the dis | covery was brief and the news sources thereafter immediately be- i came busted with other more vital
 matters than archaeological discov- cries.
 But the current number of the "Optimist' contains the following more nearly complete description of | the find:
 | Prof. Edgar L. Hewett, director of the American School of Archaeology. at Santa Fe. New Mexico. has re- gently discovered traces of an an cient city in huge canyon in The heart of the desert region of Arizona. Vague stories and legends of the Indian tribes caused him to make the investigation which led to his discovery of ancient Spanish manu scripts relating to an unknown peo- pie living in the midst of the great desert. Following the clues in these manuscripts he set out with Nav ajo guide to try to locate this mys- terious city.
 After seven days journey from Gallup, New Mexico. he reached an isolated range known as the Squash Mountains" in canyon of which the fabled city was found. In describing his discovery pr. Hewett says:
 Tt seems like suddenly confront ing glimpse into the land of dreams from which came the legends of the red folks The rocks which were dis turbed as I picked my way along the canyon were never before l am sure. trod upon by white mans foot
 "A vista of mammoth caves. multi tudinous chasms and vaulted cham bers. in which the modern sky scrapers would be lost, spread be- fore me. Cliffs were spanned by seemingly natural bridges. to erect which would try the skill of the most learned of modern engineers.
 Along the almost perpendicular walls of the great chasms immense caves were hewn, tier on tier. into the almost solid rock, extending in for hundreds of feet. Down the side of the abyss. to a depth of 306 feet steps of mathematical regular ity were carved Follows made by millions of footsteps were worn in the middle of the steps.
 Along the bottom of the canyon and on the floors of the caves were innumerabIe ruins of stone huts of an architecture unmet with among all the rest of the ancient ruins of the world The. huts. or houses. ell had tumbled to pieces, yet the ruins had been undisturbed. Evidence was plain that the dwellings had been erected in groups. as though the peo- pie had been divided into countless small groups of some inner tribal tie or relationship.
 Everywhere were pieces of pot tery. Bowls. large and small. huge jars and other household articles were found. and all were made in square lines. The ground was al- most covered with remnants of this earthenware.
 Nowhere could I find a human bone, not sign of a burying ground. But I did find the bed of a lake that had long since been dry. which ex- plained the source of water
 "On one side of huge natural stone bridge, spanning a chasm at the mouth of a cave in which small city could be built found a veritable maze of hieroglyphics which, if they be unraveled, will no doubt spell the history of a people who were like and yet unlike the cliff dwellers-a people who may have lived before the Indians or who may have dwelt in that isolated spot while the Aztecs were being vanquished by the Span | iards. unconscious of he very ex- istence of the world beyond the sky line of the great canyon which con tained their caves and cliffs.
 'To these hieroglyphics. yards of which I photographed" concluded Dr | Hewett. q am trying to find the key | If I succeed I am confident one of | the strangest tales of history will be | unfolded"
 T was astofished to find that the | legends of the Indians were not exag- | erated. The ruins and the caves were l just as they described them.
 My Navajo guide recognized some | of the caverns which the stories of | his tribe described infinitely. and he | marveled greatly. as I shall until may eXcavate and explore further, | and, by the aid of the Spanish man uscripts. the legends and the hiero- glyphics, learn the history of the un- known people of centuries ago. the | existence of whom has just been dis | covered
 The find of Professor Hewett has | created excitement among archaeolo- gists and ethnologists. His apprecia- tion of the importance of his dis covery is given weight by the fact | that he makes a speciality of explora tions and the history of the south west