The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-22

the exact whereabouts OF the treas
ure. n that indeed Is It's purpose
According TO the experts. hovevsr,
the face undoubtedly represents an
idol worshipped by the early Hopi
Indians or their predecessor. as b
evidenced by the trough in front OF
IL In which the blood OF the animals
sacrificed Is believed TO have run.
In the southwestern area most
OF the picture writings are painted
as well as pecked. while in the
northern areas the artists seem to
have dispensed with colorS This
may have been because the south
western tribes had a greater sense
OF color. or perhaps II was because
the pigments were easier found
among the highly colored sand
stone OF the desert than among the
gray plains OF the North.
In the Tule River region OF CALI
fornia. wherc photographs abound.
there IL n rock covered with picture
writings. brilliantly done in colorx
At the base OF the rock is TO DO
found n series OF cup-like depres-
sions. I'm which the primeval artists
mixed their colors. The pigments
are still In evidence in these deprcs-
sions. and IN Q literally become Q
part Of the rock. rs they cannot b
removed by n steel instrument.
II Is certain that many OF these
rock writings were used rs sign
posts. pointing the way to the near
est springs. camping places. or trails
that shortened distances OF travel.
In the 'Mohave country is a rock
picture which describes the effect OF
the bite Of the cidatus. n the use
OF n certain herb for its cure. In
Nevada has been found n boulder
on which Is n representation OF q
woman with an olive branch in her
hand. In the San Juan country OF
New Mexico there is n cliff on which
appears n long procession OF ami
mails with men 10 keep them In
order. In Yellow Jacket Canyon.
Utah. near some remarkable clif
ruins and community houses which
have only recently been discovered.
Is n wonderful series Of cliff writings.
One Of these shows n procession OF
men with great hands held in
sirnnge position.
The Colorado River. which flows
between walls Of rock for hundreds
of miles. contains countless petro-
KY puN- Ole Oh TIC TOtk nlCluTcS III
the Colorado Canyon. below the
mouth Of the Dirty Devil River. tells
a stirring story of the defense Of
the crossing. the stationing of a gar
rison and the death OF officers OF
rank.
At Lake Chelan. Washington. pic
ture writings appear on the face Of
n cliff thirty feet allow the surface
OF the water. II has been deter
mined that stone wedges were driven
into the face Of the cliff. enabling
the artists to climb where their work
would show TO better advantage.
In Maine there are rock writings
which are several feet below the
lowest tides.
P~rospectors In the Southwest have
long neld the idea that some OF
these Indian inscriptions tell Of
hidden gold mines. and Government
scientists at Washington have long
been pestered with inquiries as 10
TRANSACTIONS of certain writings
which have been thought 10 deal
with trelsUre. Nothing has ever
been discovered tuat would bear out
the pro<peCtors' theory. but mining
men still cling to the belief that
some day a Golconda will be uncov-
cred through a key found on some
cliff or boulder.
Many Of the prehistoric artists
were clever in depicting ~astonish-
ment or negation in drawing their
characters.