The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-19

afNffHFhHNH lNAfthH OF IN ancient
- religion keeping sacflncial fires
alghi forever atop great mounds Of
mixed rock and clay.
A railroad. perhaps not 30 differ.
'nt nom the steam lines We know
today. operating from tho ancient
city thru The narrow slit IN the
mountains that We know az the
Matches pass.
\ race of men similar 20 the Chit
ncfe. end probably of Chinese orr.
Sin. dwelling In their cities IN the
highesi valleys and mp on the noun.
tain hillsidcu. where they could avoid
The heat Of the tropics.
THIS u tho picture o. the Puget
sound country of thowands OF years
ago-,he picture reconstructed thru
study OF curious mounds ana other
formations found near Buckley and
Enumciaw. and leading into the Nat,
eheA paHs-aH painted by Harry
Wickcrshnm, engineer and student Of
ancient history, who lives at Buck.
Icy.
\ year ago Alr wickcrsham exclt
cd trh interest Of rcientiHa and
caused considerable comment IN
Eastern publications when told. thru
Tho star the story of his research
work ana ot the conclusions he had
drawn. II was his claim then that
evidence indicated the mounds found
ON the prairie near Tacoma. especial.
! ~ the one near sherlock station.
American lake. were built by human
hands many thousands OF years age.
His latest searches Of tho queer
7 formations In this part OF the ceun,
try ana his survey OF mounds or
( pyramids. led him 10 believe that the
ancient Aztec Bce. which. Il iia pic.
wro writing told the story OF a mi.
grafton from placid lake near the
crooked mountain. came from the
I Northwest.
one OF tho latest and strangesi dis
covcries Of Mr. Wickerhham In his
scarch for information or evidence
that viii either convince the scien-
tisis Of tho accuracy of his claims
or bring about real scientific invcs-
I tEation, il that OF a heavy. rocky
roadbcd that appears near Buckley.
Ills attention Was first called 10 this
] rock road by farmer named Nelson.
! who lives near Enumelaw.
Il Investigated this, and Nelson
told me that a regular rock road Of
I hrayy construction extended across
his farm. I followed traces Of this
road FOR miles am convinced that
7 II was once an ancient thorofaro,
Tor u follows the easiest and bos,
grades up toward Matches Pass
Along the route In many spots are
thcse mounds or pyramids, 80 20 80
feet high. which think we're the
foundations OF small temples OF
I buildings IN which The ancient priests
Of the Aztec time kept their per-
pctual fireA
I'VE know there wcre several Of
these mounds In old Mexico city. and
wc know from the stories Of thr
I Spanish conqucrors 10 what use they
wcrr put. believe that tho mounds
found at Scatter creek. eight miles
due cast Of buckley. arc Of human
origin and that they undoubtedly
wure iocntcd within an ancient city,
Il believe that this was tropical
country then and that tho race OF
people who lived here was forced 70
soek the cooler mir Of tho hills and
mountains Later they came down
70 the plains when tho climate
changed.
There n series Of mounds
stretching from Scatter creek In a
straight line down the old roadbcd
have followed toward where Enum-
claw now stands AZ one Time these
mounds were Investigated and u was
cialmrd they were OF natural origin.
This think Is absolutely wrong. No
,rinkets were found in the mounds
hut YOU must remember these
mounds were bull, thousands Of
years ago. 20 long ago that oil traces
Of their builders have gone. Trees
grew over tho mounds.
some OF tho mounds arc IN
swamps and others arc on tho tops
or edges OF high hills. II is highly
improbable that such mounds arc OF
Glacial origin. And | am not yet con.
WINGED that the mounds do not hold
relics TINT win tell US a prehistoric
story some day.
There ore mounds at Hucklcborry
creek. above Greenwater. in Matches
pass. There In also In the pass every
evidence Of an ancient highway.
remember seeing II years ago.
hunted for II lnst year, but did not
| find Il. but I am going back into the
pass this year TO look for II again.
"From my research ] feel conf
dent that careful study OF th'
mounds, and OF that old rock roadway
liz DHFIIM' Tlc