Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-07-11

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ruvian canyon, came four
members of the scientific x
petition sent out under the joint aus
pices of Yale university and the Ma
tional Geographical society to develop
the discoveries made by Prof. Hiram
Bingham, head archaeologist at Yale,
and his expedition of a year ago.
The scientist arrived on the liner
Santa Maria from Colon. At the
time of his discovery of the fairy city,
with It's edifices of chiseled marble
and skeletons of prehistoric periods,
Professor Bingham had little time to
uncover more of the ruins. b
years expedition spent four and one
half months on the grounds and made
a complete Investigation OF the o
important archaeological point on the
South American continent.
Endure Great H~ardshlps.
Those returning were Professor
Bingham, Prof. Herbert e. Gregory,
head of the department of geology at
Yale; DR.. George f. Eaton Of the Pea
body institute, and Prof. Osgood
Hardy. All OF them reported tremend-
GUS hardships, including the deter
mined opposition of the Peruvian gov
eminent to their research, a plague
of smallpox and typhus fever, and the
desertion of their Indian guides. In
spite of these obstacles, however, the
: trip was eminently satisfactory. Pro-
: fessor Bingham brought back fifty
human skulls of a pre-lncan period
and many skeletons, as well as thirty
cases OF wonderfully wrought bronze
l tablets and pieces of pottery. Doctor
Eaton collected fifty cases OF bones
Il which are to be sent on later.
Doctor Eaton was Ill in camp with
l. malaria for a long time, and Profess
' sor Gregory was also incapitated for
several weeks.
Professor Bingham nearly lost his
life on n occasion, when his mules
stampeded and his Indian guides for
u sock him.
"I was exploring the heights of Pal
h col in southern Peru, 1900 feet above
N the sea level" Professor Bingham
said. when my mules refused to ad
~ vance farther on account Of the deel
snow. Shortly afterward they STAN
neded down the mountain, but l de
y. cided to push on with my six lndial
al guides. l found, however. that m,
h~ardships had just begun. When
ls woke up in the morning my guide
had fed. and / was left alone in
ii. spot where no white man had eve
before set foot.
. at struck out in the direction
thought would most likely bring m
- To an inhabited section, and afte
wandering for some time saw an Il
-, dian lad lodging about among tn
crags. When l called to him he fe
~ like the wind. l continued my wal
derings and was getting fearful thi
N 7 would find no other inhabitant
when 1 came across a native WI
volunteered to pilot me back to n
starting point.
on Eight Glaciers In Sight.
or ION my way down I saw the mo
ey- wonderful sight that 1t has ever BET
is. nv lot to witness-eight glaciers II
CHI ing to a height of 1000 feet In Il
lpt air. their pure white sides sparklf1
ike D0QS Ol ClyoIo' W
&C. able to rejoin my party"
to When the party reached Peru
big was learned that the government n
int changed hands. President Lefuia,
he old friend of Professor Bingham, he
to ing been succeeded by Preside
yer Biilinghurst, a descendant of an o
it time British settler. President B
I'm. inghurst blocked all the efforts OF
ur- ~expedition for seven weeks, and
DIX was only after powerful pressure h
the been brought to bear by the Am
of can consul and other persons OF
lid luence that the explorers were
are lowed to remove their baggage.
t. "Eyen then" said Professor Bi
ham. "our explorations were limi'
by an insulting decree, which v
printed in heavy type in all the ne
napers. stating that we could not
even exploration work after Dec.
"eo and that we were not to mutilate 6
MP deface in the least any part OF
Ter citv of Machu Picchu. All ofic
were ordered to see that this mand
you was obeyed to the letter"
Among the fossils found by the
nee plurers were the bones OF mastod