Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 10

10 YAMPA GORGE TRIP ENDS; RELIGS FOUND Final Swing Through Gorge Reveals Prehistoric Indian Homes. —— 18 the last of & SRocdition (& heve expio e the Yampa River Canyor n_Colorado, one of the fast T50ts" on the ‘map of the United Special to The Star and North American DENVER, Colo., October 2.—We | started up Hell's Canyon, a side canyon | of the great Yampa gorge, on Friday morning, August 31, to search;for In-| dian cliff dwellings. Before we had gone far we noticed a | 3 4 | Chew family, living 2 miles up Pool U that as literally covered with| o 'k from Pats Hole, and we now set out to find the place, which was not difficult. Indian carvings. These had become; faint from long weathering. Later we were told by men familiar with Indian sign writing that these carvings indi- welcome from Mrs. Mary E. Chew, 65| le had been fought near |, irs old, a remarkable specimen of | ihe Mormon pioneer type. into this country over 45 miles of rough trail from the nearest town in Utah by | - # | , Wil first baby in her Farther up the canyon we found the ‘horsebncskhewé:"fl;r the. w“deymer:;s to | honorary president general Daughters of F that a' number of | been ‘lost gnd a certain number taken by tribe that carved the record. i3 ends of large petrified logs protruding from the sandstone cliffs. Hundreds of feet of stone had been laid down above these tree trunks since they fell there, denoting the passage of hun- dreds of thousands, possibly millions, of years. Mesa Verde, and we spent the greater |, part of two days exploring every ac: cessible ledge that looked as if it might t contain cliff dwellings, with the result that we found the only real evidence of pre-historic Indian habitations that we | saw on the whole trip. Find Cliff Dwelling. On a ledge about 60 feet long and 20 2 good-by to the Chews and started on Jeet deep We discovered well defined | Gur 40-mile ride over Blue Mountain to | the Baker ranch, and from there drove ing, circular In shape and 15 fect i lby autemobile 85 miles into Cralg. rough sandstone slabs, laid in adobe | Tuesday evening, September 4, we were mud. There had been no attempt to|back in Denver. while on the trip. indications of a former masonry dwell- diameter. The materials used were dress the stones, and the whole was| very crudely put up. Evidences of | house dirt on the floor were lacking, as were also any bits of pottery or othcr‘ cess. However, there are nights when N1 Ko, | we still awake from terrible nightmares, crying out that the boats are sinking and we are drowning in the foaming flood. At the other end of this ledge were | the remains of a corn cache or crib, | built in the form of a‘truneated cone, resembling a beehive. Rough slabs of sandstone again had been used, with adobe mud for mortar. This bin was about 4 feet in diameter and 2 feet and 9 inches in depth, but evidently there had been another tier or two of stones on top. The walls were 4 to 6 inches similar specimens of corn caches. It was not possible to assign a defi- nite period and culture to the slight ruins found here. In our opinion, the ‘Yampa Canyon and its tributaries never ‘were the scene of extensive cliff dwell- ers’ settlements. Bitter Winter grips this region so much of the .year that the ancient Indians probably shunned it for warmer regions to the south. Late Saturday afternoon, September 1, we started on downstream. Some ht rapids were encountered. ly Sunday morning we passed a series of hot springs gushing out of the | rocks on the north bank. The water had a most peculiar taste. End in Sight. By midmorning of Sunday we began to catch glimpses on to the west “of lofty red sandstone walls, and so knew |] ‘we were "almost to Pats Hole, the | Jjunction of the Yampa and Green | rivers and the end of our journey. Soon afterward the tremendous yellow- :h face of Steamboat Rock came into ew. Steamboat Rock is in_the center of Pats Hole. The Green River comes in from the north and the Yampa from th- east. The conioined streams flow around the base of the rock in 4 perfect horseshoe until they - ‘westward into Whirlpool Canyon, just across the Rout out the in-between danger The remote crevices of teeth and gums—in- accessible to your toothbrush—are reached and cleaned by the bubbling foam of Kolynos! heard, 11 words being repeated clearls at 12:46 p.m. on Sunday, September 2,| exactly two wecks from the day our | boats were launched at Lily Park. is commonly supposed to be 70 or 80 miles long, we found it to be only 59| miles. feet, and it contains no waterfalls. arms. make a home and reared 14 stalwart children. horses and went back with us to the river to pack up our equipment. The country here was very similar to | 4 known depth in o cliff 300 feet above whispering of the water far below. abandoned where she lay. returned to the ranch we found Fray Baker and his man there with horses. our muscles so we can no longer drag a boat through icy rapids, when our eyesight is too dim to search for hand- holds on sheer canyon walls, and when days in the saddle on mountain trails thick. Two other caves nearby yielded | re 100 strenuous to bear—still in mem. ol THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D O, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1928. State line in Utah. The rock rises 905 feet above the water. The outer walls of the hole are fully 4,000 feet high. } Steamboat Rock is a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide at its point, but where the two rivers plunge against its base the wall is only 56 feet through. In centuries to come the current prob- ably will cut through here and form the world's largest natural bridge. From_ the side of this rock one ob- tains the greatest echo I have ever| 700-Foot Drop. ‘We reached the junction of the rivers Altnough the Yampa River Canyon It descends in that distance 743 Pats Hole is named after a veteran | He lived alone in a| still standing, until he | Then, becoming | For years I had heard much of the At the ranch we received a hearty Visit Whispering Cave. ‘The youngest Chew boy. Burton, got On the remarkable he ‘way we visited a fissure of un- “Whispering Cave, he river. Inside one can hear the Our hoat, the Prickly Heat, was When we At 6 o'clock Monday morning we said None of us had shaved Return to Civilization. The expedition was a complete suc- But when the years have stiffened upon_the t JHROAI- Relief guaranteed with one swallowof THOXINE Use \vfloo,. G"‘lni(e - a ”b:'“p':m ,‘,nnel il Tisey we_shall look ba ° It floods your entire mouth with a delightful freshness! 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Mrs. Noble Newport Potts was re- s [of the Civil War who settled there in|clected to serve her.fifth consscutive - tiny log cabin, 3 {was 95 years old. e o childish, he moved into a small cave |following & luncheon in the Arlington 3 miles back in the mountains. He re- | Hotel yesterday. All other officers were mained there, perfectly ccntented, un-irc-clcczed. til his death, at the age of 08 years and 10 months. term as president of the National Patri- otic Council at its Fall business session They are: Vice presidents, Curtis D. | Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy; Rear * ‘miral William A. Moffett, chief Bureau lof Aeronautics, United States Navy: Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief Chemical Warfare Service, United States Army; Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, commanding the 2d Corps Area of the United States Army; F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Sec- retary of War: William P. MacCracken, She came | jr.. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Mrs. Laura B. 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