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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
STEAMER BURNS
Many Exciting Rescues of Pas
sergers and Crew.
ENGINEER INJURED
He Bravely Stood by the Pumps
Untia Flames Licked His Face.
First Gangplank Veered, Many
Persons Thrown into River-Dar-
ing Rescue.

Persons Thrown into River-Dar-
ing Rescue.
The steamer Fred Swain, Captain
Verne Swain, of the Peoria and La
Salie Packet Company, with rs pas
sengers and fifteen sailors aboard,
burned to the water near Peoria,
liil., Friday, after the flaming craft
had been piloted into four feet OF
water and the occupants had escaped
to the bank of the Illinois river, up
which the steamer was bound when
it caught fire.
No lives were lost, but Jos. Cas-.
rider, the engineer, was burned aGout
the fare and body and Chas. Reiche-
berger, of Peoria, suffered a broken
arm. The loss is $4,000. Several
Of the passengers lost their belong
ings.
The escape from the burning ves-
sci Of the passengers, most of whom
We're women and children, was eX-
citing. Fears were partly calmed as
the burning steamer drew nearer
shore and scores of row boats were
seen coming to the rescue.
The gang plank was lowered to
the waters edge when the steamer
had beached. After two row boats
had started for shore with passeng-
ers. the gang plank caught fire and
fell away from the steamer, letting
Is persons, including women and
children, into ithe water. Thos.
Powers, of Peoria, and E. A. Caron,
Of Worcester, Mass, who were on
the plank when it fell, each saved
the lives of two children. ).
The others who we're thrown into
the water by the collapse of the
gang plank were taken in boats to
safety. Those still aboard the boat
managed to let out a new gang
way.
The fire started in stateroom
and spread rapidly. Captain Swain,
realizing that. the vessel was DOOM
ed,. ordered the pilot to beach the
boat and instructed his crew to deal
out life preservers.l
Engineer Casrider, after attend
ing to the bodies to guard against
an explosion, went to the pumps;
remaining there until the flames
licked his face. Severely burned and
almost blind, he turned to escape
only to find that rowboat left for
him was afire He got itno the boat
however, and beating the flames.
from him and rowing hard reach
ed shore. He was taken to hos
pital.
Miss Furbish, cabin GIRL, who
discovered the fire said, II Was
at work busting and cleaning a
stateroom in which the fire started.
The whole room was in flames, the
smoke binding me- gave the alarm
and rushed to inform Captain
SWANS"
D. M. Swain, of Saltwater, Mimi,
owner of the burned steamer, was
in the Avery Manufacturing Com
pany plant at Ayeryville, suburb
Of Peoria, near which the steamer
caught fire and he aided in rescuinS
the passengers and Grey His son.
Verne, captain OF the vessel, was tHe
last to leave the burning ship.
Futile efforts were made by the
Peoria and Averyville fire depart
ments to save the hull OF the boat.
The steamer, built nine years ago.
was one of the finest on the Illinois
| river
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&wide.8cut through by a tSpical 3iarroya
and patched UP by3cmmps of oak brush
and wild currant bushes--the latter
loaded with ripe eurrants rather insipid
inr taste but mighty inviting toa fruit
furnished party. On each side the cliffs
rise precipitously to the height of 500
feet. making n solid wall impossible to
climb Or descend.
EGG SHAPED CAVE.
Twenty, feet above the base of the
cliff and directly above a rather ex-
tended talus slope the egg shaped cave
containing the ruin is cut back about
effect, sinclining gradually upwards and
stretching 800 feet across. The vault
l.ises go feet above the walls. stained
in fantastic designs by rain water conf
ing from themesa above, and painted
here and there by still more unique
pictures in the form of hieroglyphics.
The first sight Of the palace from
across the arroyo, lying there so
utterly silent and abandoned With.
Its towers and fallen walls and
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I Columbia, where must have been To-
Gated the combined FARMS pottery
homes and fish preserving establish
ments OF the whole tribe. Five acres
Of ground are covered with fragments
OF pottery, stone implements, orna-s
ments. bones and skulls. Many of the
implements are of good shape and adj
mirably adapted for opening the shells
of CLAIMS or mussels. Several curious
instruments highly polished, including
one made of hematite and neatly
! wrought, have been found at this
place.
In connection with the camp is a!
group of. mounds stationed on the
bluff about one hundred feet above
the stream. Across the valley to the
westward and on a smilari ridge is a
solitary watch tower. 1t is made of
stone and at the abrupt ending of
"a narrow hogback.S This ridge extends
northward almostt to the very door of
Mr. Gordon's home. Along the center
Of the ridge is a deeply Worn path
and extending its full length. Was
not this the sentine's beat in some
unwrtten war?
on the Missouri Agricultural college
farn near the old vineyard, are three
small mounds. Although these had
been opened many years ago they We're
found on recent Investigation yet to
contain some rich treasures. Several
shapely jars made of pottery We're
found in one of these In one corner
of this same mounc We're several
skulls piled up like cannon balls. To
the southeast of these mounds is a
level plain that was once the scene,
of battle. Strewn upon it are arrow.
heads and other warlike parapherna-
liza.
On a ridge only few furlongs above
the battlefield is a mound which once
contained The bodies of at least 20
persons. 1t is a small mound, not more
than three feet high. The interior con-
sists Of a box made of flat stones. In
size it WAS eight feet wide by eight feet
long and two feet high. The hole was
filed and covered with soil In each
corner of the box was skull. Some
of these skulls were placed in such a.
position as to prove that they Were
severed from the body before burial.
+ Within the mound and in the center
of the mass of black mould. probably
F the remains of a body. were found two
arrow points of an ordinary pattern.
( In the bottom of this mound was s
s layel; of charcoal. ashes and bones. The
bones We're those of a human being
Among the mass was the fragment of
skull four inches square aud with a re-
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Smarkable thickness of an inch. The
skulls found above this layer We're
only one fourth of an inch thick. Who
Was this thick skulled person? Did
some unfortunate prisoner of war FUR
a1ish the substance for a funeral feast
at the graves of these fellow warriors?
ANCIENT ARSENAL.
4 An ancient arsenal has been found
where+the Providence road crosses the
Hinkson, in Boone county This small
5piecetOf ground, less than an acre, has
yielded a harvest CT several bushels of
relics. They representfall ages of the
genesis of an arrow point. Many OBJ
long blocks of flint fresh from the
quarry are found mingled with the
finished product 1T isSto be regretted
thattmany of these remains must soon
become list to science through the
farmers Plough and 4the hand of THE
curious and unscientifc vandai.
Covered with trees. one of which is "a
large oak three feet through at the
base. atEleasts 100 years,Roid is-& an
indian mound, on the east side of
Hinkson Creek, near the William
Jewell burying ground. This structure
is 80 feet long. 30 feet wide and three
feet high Explorations of the mound
showed the character of race who had
been Inhabitants of Missouri before
the white man came.
i Walter H. Ffcklin of Columbia, in
final exploration decided that the race
3of mound brilders were not more than
i've feetstall and that the bones gave
no acknowledgements muscular eieyeI-
3opment Their heads We're small, their
3forelleads marrow. low and retreating.
Their facial angle being only about S.
degrees theyiwere very prognathous.
the lowerllalf of the face extending far
past the upper half The lower law
bone was disproportionately large, COM
pared with the other bones of the sskei-
5eton, for which reason the opposia..
iincisor teeth in the majority of the
skulls met squarely instead OF having
the upper ones overlap, as is common
lin the Caucasian skull.
The statement in regard to. small
stature may be objected to on the
ground that the bones might be those
Of youths instead of those of adults.
While chldren's bones do occur quite
frequently, those of adults are always
present, for in every mound skulls are
found whose sutures are completely os-
'sified and in the inferior maxilIae
the rarni are perpendicular to the body
of the; bone. while in the youth they
stand obIiGuely. Moreover, in many
of these maxiliae there have been found
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MISSOURI had carly inhabitants
who We're cannibals. Relics
4 found in two Boone county

i N/R who were cannibals Relics
lYA found in two Boone county
mounds seem to prove this.
| beyond doubt These early inhabitants
lived BY fishing. Most of their I'M
PIGMENTS found are well adapted for
opening CLANS and scaling fish. They
Ifpractised agriculture. The absence of
| the mortar and pestle implies that
they We're unacquainted with the corn.
plant. The agricultural implements
| were used for diging. As the camas
still grows abundantly in the locali-
| ties of-the mounds it is very PROB
| able that this plant was used to great
| extent for food
Theysdid not possess the knowledge,
| Of working iron. They weretsfamiliar,
with the red oxide and no doubt priced
| 1T highly, as it is often found IN their
mounds. They were familiar with BIT
umen. They used LIES substance to
coat the inside of their pottery. They
appreciated good drinking water. Their
largest camps are found near unfall-s
ing springs of pure water Many OF
them quenched their thirst, at the
famous Rollins Springs, on the Agri-5
cultural college farm.
These Boone county antiquities are.
very unlike those of tile Miami valley
in Ohio. This indicates that either
they are; of greater age or that; the
people We're less Warlike than thelf
eastern neighbors. The difference IN
the shape and material of their ini-
plements is remarkable,
Many of these antique remains are
to be found near Columbia. in less
than an hours walk of the 70 university
OF Missouri. So abundant are the I'M
plements that any industrious person
may in a few hours time find as many
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| this part Of. the country is principally
| a vast plain, it is a confused mass Of
deep canyons and high lnesas, hazard
Gus for the uninitiatcd to penetrate, and
inhabited only by scattered families 81
Indians. III order TO reach our new
palace it is necessary to take pack
train for 300 miles over difficult trails,
MANY times without feed for the horses.
and often without waterfor the party.
This possibly explains why such a house
has been lying for 50 long abandoned
by the builders and unknown to the
whites.
The canyon in which it lies runs in
an Irregular half. circle heading near
/ Navajo nountain,. running southeast
land east into the Chin Lee, finally emp,
I ties into the San uan river so miles
above KIT Carson crossingfthc canyon
lin SEE named it I1eguna. The Indians
divide lit into two sections. the lower
being the ISaenta, the upper the Sega,
where the ruin is found. Here the
canyon is narrowed down to half mile
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projecting timhers. is enough to bring
forth CALCULATIONS from the coolest
temperament After working through
the entangled brushes where all sign
of path or trail has been long forgotten
and then up the 2o-foot ledge where
footholds arc. still visible that were one
time chiseled out in stone and used
regularly as ladder for.exit and en-
trance, one lands practically in the cen
ter Of the cave, the Understanding in
tiers on either side to the; far:thest re-
5ccsses, where rooms are tucked away.
more nearly like pigeon houses than
places of abode for. human beings. A.
sort OF narrow hallway or spassa &c! runs
irregularly between the outer and ms
ner tiers, giving access to the majority
of rooms, sometimes leading to the
roof, other times downward to cellar
like apartments, and finally to the eS-
trelnity of the cave where a kind OF
lookout station is stuck on "a narrow
projection some 10 feet above the rest
of the ruin.
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lower layer only. for the upper layer
bore no mark OF fire. and, moreover.
considering the three arrow points and
the skull with its jawbones resting
squarely against the wall, and, most Of
ALL, from the confusion in which the
skeletons Were first found. ii is evident
that they belonged to men slain in bat
tie and who received n hurried burial.
IDENTITY 4 OF; RACE UNCERTAIN.
No extensive explorations of prehis-
toric remains have been made in Cen
trial Missouri, but by rambie over the
hills and through the, fields is easily
seen that Boone county was Inhabited
byRa now exit race, for along -h%4
streams, on nr1.iy every hilltop and
cliff, mounds are 10 be found and the
fields are dotted with the implements OF
primitive man. Whence he came. how
long he fingered and when he departed
will probably never be known. for his
4illiterate people sleftgnothiHg save eartn-
works and rude Implements TO guisiy
the antiquarian. Whether these are re-
mains of Mound Builders or OF. early
Indians Is not finally determined.
The exhuned bones from the mounds
are always very badly decomposed and
crumble To dust simmediatcly, Ii has
been almost impossible 10 gel a COM
spiete skeleton according to Mi, F'ickiin.
OF the 200 bones in the body. there
would not be found more than 20 in
good condition. and in some instances
fragments of the teeth are all that re-
main.
There seems to be an idea prevalent
among many that prehistoric man was
of larger stature than man of today III
onlysone instance, in which Mr. Fickl.i
could estimate even approximately the
length of a skeleton has one been found
to approach. six feet The skulls are
sometimes complete. hut are nearly
always distorted by the growth Of
roots and the pressure of the everything
earth. The teeth of even the youths
were very badly worn, While those of
the adults We're Worn nearly to tn:
gums. Nothing has been found to indi-
cate The artificial fattening of the
head
Tine implements are Very abundant
and vary greatly in size and shape and
We're generally made OF white or gray
flint. One OF the smallest arrowheaGs
is one-half inch long. and spearheads
have been found eight inrhes;in length
Some of the Weapons show very siiilfll
workrna nship, while others al t'ttt;;II :
Continued on page fifteen.
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Youo Of
than

centuries of occupation. Tile walls, like
Wise black and crudcly plastercd with
clay, stand perfectly bare and unorna-
tmented, just as they have probably
stood since being erected. Very offer. ~
small square hole leads again to am
other room below equally ms dark, and
so on through n series, forming u sort
of apartment, each room serving as
dining room, kitchen. parlor and bed
room ali ut the same time without dis
tnction.
Nestled in the odd corners are
numerous small rooms too small for a
human being to creep into and US
&ually strewn with corn cobs and VIZ
ious ether remains that suggest them
to be store roomssor grhnaries.
woRsHIPPlNGs HALLS.
Turning to the right the passagcway
is similar but interspersed among the
rooms one finds several kivas or wqr-.
shipping halls occupying the most inn
portant positions of the ruin. These
are imperfectly round in place of
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tss}fe. - MIIFtHIrHlCka ShCLlI..t - y LII
The mound builders like all other
races had thcirt monstrosities From
the mound vas obtained a fragment of
a human occipital bone three fourths
of an inch thick In the thickest place.
The nearest approach to this in any
collection is q piece three-eighths of an
incns thick obtained from another.
mound. The average thickness is three
sixteenths Softan inch, at the same
as the Caucasian skull ,lle above
mentioned fragment greatly exceeds in
thickness the skull of the African.
Very near the surface, just inside.
the wall, was a skull very much de-
composed and which was destroyed in.
removal. Almost protruding fromsthe
surface were bones, large and small,
without any regularity whatever. In
trying TO obtain one bonescompiete seY-
cral Others would be shattered. For
fully six inches there was nothing but
IA confused mass of bones. roots and
clay Among these remains were three
arrow points probably in some of the
6dies when buried. A skull was found.
face upward, fwit.iIits lower jaw bone
resting sqiiarely against the east wall
Although there We're a great many
bones found Inc this place. only few
good specimens could be obtained. They
bore no trace of fire, but had been al
most consumed by the dense vegetable
growth; in many cases roots had start
ed into the hollows. of the large bones
and grown until the bones burst, About
a foot below this confused mass. under
some packed clay. We're some bones in
systematic order-the bodies were lying
parallel. These last remains We're com
pletely charred and, in fact, almost to-
tally consumed.
Among other things WAS a large fiat
piece of limestone, having on one side
small round holes or, depressions.. all of
about equal size. arranged in geometric
figures and having the appearance of
rude stone tablet. At first sight. con-
sidering the place in which 1t was
found. the stone could be easily mis-
taken for a genuine relic OF aboriginal!
art. But after examining it. DIR. G. c.
Broadhead said that, while 1t was pos
stble that the holes were artificial, il Is
probable that they We're caused by the
dissolution of iron concretions, an inn
purity found in the limestone of this
region.
This inoundtmust have been intended
for the sepulehre OF the bodies In the
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| square With an average, dlrncter6pf 15
| feet ana built with the utmost care
When the debris is removed and re-
storation effected many Interesting
specimens Of Worshpping l,aranlicl-
MALTA should be found which will tell,
in part at least the ceremonies per-S
formed and give US Some idea of the
details Of their religious codes that
seem to play such an important role
in every ruin.
When the wondcr#of the place tipally5
permits one TO look around a little
more CLOSELY, one sees all sorts and
shapes of pottery that lie in shreds OH
the roofs and floors where they have
been admirably preserved from decay
but sadly broken. In fact such an
abundance of broken pottery is found
scattered proniscuously around the
ruins that the Navajos have named it
keetseel. meaning broken pottery. This
Is the name likely TO be retained in
the future. Most Of the pottery is OF
the finest quality i'll designs OF black
and white which indicates a developed
art in that direction that has not been
irivaled. Some OF the large ollas, par
ticuarly, measuring two feet across
are perfect both in shape and design.
Scattered on the roofs Of the houses
are also numerous mantatas, manos,
etc. that were used for grinding grains
which shows that they We're still an
agricultural people and serves also to
indicate that during occupation there
were many families living there to-
sether, each one having their own set
sis that They used.
STONE AXES.
Several fine stone axes are lying
about evidently discarded ones but of
excellent workmanship and on examin-
ing the various timbers about the wallis
and roofs one can easily see that they
were all cut with stone axes from the
Gnawed off appearance of the ends.
one huge timber living directly across
the front of.the outer walls. possibly
used at one time for prop or s'lr-
port with q length OF 40 feet alis
IA inches in diameter was cut and
trimmed with stone axes which must
have required considerable patience.
skill. strength and time TO cut. show
ing an admirable side Of their char
acter.
Other than these there are no visible A
relics Of Importance and it remains
nov 10 thoroughly excavated and
restored which means considerable
expense and time and undoubtedly
rich returns.
SHELTERED FIVE HUNDRED.
Prof. Cummings has carefully esti-
mated thar slch 4 house could easily
have contained 900 people and The cam
Sun itself with its fine flats of loamy
soil could easily produce enough for
twice such Il number if properly cared
for, Where the oak brush and weeds
are Gro End dying and the years
pass ;a decay there Was once
great si%i' Iaatian 1nYsteriousty taken
from the earsh.
The accompanying photographs are
the first ever taken at the place, made
ny our official photographer, Stuart NJ
Young. These viii give an idea of
What the ruin means,
DONALD BEAUREGARD.
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~ EGA CANYON, iKeetseel Camp,
Ariz., Aug. Is. 1.-The most impor-5

~ EGA CANYON, ISeetseel Camp.
NATAriz., Aug. Is. 1.-The most impor-
4 tant cliff ruin brought to the
notice OF the world since the
discovery OF the Cliff Palace in the
Mesa yerda, Col, has fortthe first time
been thoroughly examined and pho
tographed by our archaeological eXpedi-
ton. 1t is next to the Cliff Palace in
size, containing $50 standing rooms, for
the most part in excellent condition 1t
was discovered in 1894 by Richard
Wetherill OF Pueblo Btrlito, N. NJ It
was revisited again by MI. Wethetiil
In 1897, and then left untouched until
This summer when. John Netherill&gof
Dljato, Utah, who has been one Of our.
party most OF the summer and one Of
the most active, men in American ar
Genealogical discoveries, guided Dr.
Hewitt there in June. Later MI. Weth-
erill and Prof. Cummings visited the
place and our party has finally reached
1t With the unanimous opinion that we
have seen one Of the greatest sights in
The world. s.
ERRONEOUS REPORTS.
News has already, beer, flashed by the
Denver Post and followed by other in
Huertial papers both east and west by
the Associated Press that DR.. Hewitt is
the discoverer, further mentioning
other imaginary finds such as mann
moth caves outmeasuring those of Ken
lucky and natural bridges greater than
those in southern Utah. This is an ell
tirely false report and does grave in
Justice both to our expedition and Mr.,
Wetherill who in conjunction with his
wife has been attempting to locate
these supposed wonders for several
years, following clues and substantial
ing vague rumors hat the Navajos and
Utes are 3loath to let escape. DR., Hewitt
has not discovered any marvellous caves
or bridges and he, would not have seen
the cliff: ruin had it not. been for our
! expedition. Last summer Prof Cum
mings, Mr. Wetheriil and party at
tempted to locate the place. bearing the
Ing only through lack OF Information
as to its exact location. This summer
3nr party pushed directly for the place
and DIR. Hewitt, whose EEK enses weca
paid by the expedition, CHANGED to- i,a
the one guided there by Mr.. Wetherill.
who had succeeded in the meantimezin5
locating the place through information
from the Napajos., This to give honor
where honor is due and to rectify false
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VARIETY OF ROOMS.

- i
Following the hallway to the left one
passes rooms Of HI shapes and sizes.
though generally about square, aver
aging from 10 feet wide@an eight feet
high to four feet wide and four feet
fbish. The entrance for the2upper rooms
lis. generally on the side about two feet
swidesanl twotand Il half5feet high, just
large enough to crawl into, while the
entrance to many OF the other rooms
lis on top by means of Il ladder stuck
through a much smaller opening.
NATURE OF STRUCTURE
1 Descending into one of the rooms, one
is Immediately i'll the dark, receiving
but little light from the%entrance and
blind from the quick change from the
5dP.zling light outside. The ceiling
made of cedar rafters lying perfectly
flat and covered over by smaller tim-
5bers running III the opposite direction
with bark and clay on top, is completes
1y SCOT covered from the smoke of