The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Warrior Emperor TigrinIs' Tomb Reveals That
First Red-Haired People In Ali History Dwtlt
I'm America and That Strange Basket
Makers of Prehistoric Utah Were Kindred
People to His Tribe.
People to His Tribe.

enormous sccumuiations OF debris
from above
AS look at Il. these primitive
founders ~ the Azteos. called
Basket Makers. were not especially
engaged IN tribal wars, although
there existed even in those far
back times q banditry known as
''Nonsds." ] assume that the
prowess Of the gigantic warrior
emperor, Tigrfnis. was principally
directed against the wild beasts OF
his time. The Pieistocsns Age in
America extended well down into
the present age of Man" with
many OF its species still existing.
II was nJttd for It's bears, lions,
jaguars and wolves vastly larger
and fiercer that their survivors OF
today. The lions OF those days
were as large as modern oxen, and
not the cowarily creatures we
know totsy as mountain hons"
The bears az the time. eiephantins
I'm size, were not the timid berry
eaters OF the present. but ferocious
carnivores.
MONSTERS OF THE LONG AGO.
Even the huge kadiak bear Of
Alaska is small beast In com
parison. The wolves that roamed
were as big as four modern wolves.
endowed with long fangs. Then
there were the large saber-tooth
tigers. with long frontal tusks.
the principal Zoe OF the troglodytes.
We may wen assume that IT,
grinis was the chief of band of
the most stalwsrt warriors of his
times. and that when this band
went out and was able to dispatch
a gigantic bear. lion. wolf or saber-
tooth tiger they had done lays
work snd returned TO headquarters
20 celebrate the killing. But woe
TO the single Individual, or even
a few unarrned individuals. who
fell afoul of one Of these ferocious
beasts.
The unhappy Aztec would be
torn in pieces and devoured long
before help could be summoned.
Just how the warriors got the best
Of one of these beasts is aues-
ton. There were in those days no
bows and arrows or stick-throwers
strong enough to penetrate the
hides of the monsters Stone
knives and axes must have been
but poorly efficient. We can only
sur1nise that large body of war
riors surrounded a beast, each
striking him blow as he got op-
portunity. until the monster was
exhausted and finally dispatched.
HOW TGRTNIS DIED.
On the contrary, let us give the
primitive soldier the benefit of the
doubt. Perhaps our gigantic en-
peror warrior. Tigrinis. distin-
guished himself by combats single
handed with ferocious beasts and
enemy tribal men, and came 10 be
the chleftain whom his country
was proud to mummify with all
the honors that could be paid 20
the dead. But how did he def
DIR. Morris, II he has held an au-
topsy on the remains, has given
out no word OF explanation. He
merely states that death came 20
him IN tho prime OF life and glory;
hence he may have died naturally
of some disease prevalent or apt
dernic OF the times.
An enemy may have tapped his
too hard on the skull, but DR.. Nor
ris makes no mention Of such a
dent. Or he may have encountered
a love triangle and been stabbed In
the back, but here again his dis
coverer makes no notation. 30
we may assume that after q career
equal to that of Attila, Ghengfs
Khan or other and later warrior