Evening star., 1937-09-19
BELIEVE BIC GAME
FOUND ON SILVA
Dr.. Anthony's Request for
Ammunition Held Indica-
tion by Park Head.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
GRAND CANYON. Ariz., September
18.-A request for ammunition indi-
eating he was stalking big game ator
towering SILVA Temple, came today
from Dr.. Harold E. Anthony. man.
malogy curator of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History
He apparently has found definite
indications that sizeable animals in
habit the summit" Supt M. R. Til
lotson of Grand Canyon National
Park radioed from the base camp to
the south rim
Meanwhile, DR. Anthony and George
Andrews, son Of Roy Chapman An
drews. museum director, plegued by
mosquitoes and with only a partially
filled canteen between them. watched
their traps and awaited arrival of
packers with water bags from the
expeditions base camp.
T1llotson was unable to account
for the mosquitoes on the isolated.
semi-arid mesa.
There is no water on the 275-acre
plateau and l am therefore at a loss
to understand where they breed" said
Tillotson.
Large Animal May Exist.
Edwin D. Mckee, park naturalist.
who spent Thursday night atop the
mesa and succeeded in trapping only
two leaf-eared mice, explained that
larger animals might exist, even
though the complete isolation of the
peak is established, by adapting them
selves to living on the moisture OBJ
tained from snow and rain and the
vegetation they eat.
The shortage Of drinking water was
due to the second failure of Miss
Amy Andrews, the expeditions air.
plane pilot. to land supply by para
chute while circling 300 feet above
the Observation-Disclosures summit.
To get water to DR.. Anthony and
Andrews from the ground, Tillotson
said, means transporting it 10 miles
to the north rim overlooking the base
camp. From there it must be carried
in bags to the camp, 1900 feet below
the rim, and then up a precipitous
wall to the plateau top.
Success Is Indicated.
II Judge DR.. Anthony is finding
wealth of material" Tillotson said in
his radio. He told me when he
made the climb to the top that unless
he found life plentiful he would be
down almost Immediately"
His stay indicates he is meeting
with success. 1t is likely that he will
remain there as long as 10 days.
I'VE are positive that SILVA Temple
now cut OF from the mainland. was
at one time a rich hunting ground,
Tor DR.. Anthony already has uncov-
cred number of perfect arrow heads
and several rock skinning knives and
scrapers"
Tillotson said he would see to it
that "Dr. Anthony and Andrews do
not suffer because of lack of water"
Expert mountain climbers and packers
hurried preparations to replenish their
supply.
Don Louis Schellbach, assistant
Grand Canyon naturalist, who has
lCCL otd l4ollcu at LIE OdSe camp.
reported finding stone implements
near the saddle base.
II would say that they date back
to 1000 A. D. and possibly as long
ago as 900 A. d." he said. From
the information at hand, I expect the
archaeological relics discovered on the
summit are similar"
Camp for Hunters.
The saddle between SILVA Temple
and Tyo Point, where the base camp
Is located, he believes was the camp
for Indian hunters.
Early tomorrow Miss Andrews agsin
will ny over the towering plateau In
another effort to land supply Of
water.
Wotan's Throne, which, like SILVA
Temple, is a IL -mile-high plateau
island, separated from the north rim
Of the Grand Canyon by 1.20o-foot
chasm, is the next objective of the
party.
The islands" were believed by sci
entists 10 have been separated from
the mainland during a recession at
the time Of the ice age, between
1900 and $4,000 years ago.