PICTURED ROCKS 9 



representing the chronicling of important events. Below these are five large 

 spots, two broken lines, and a broken figure of an animal. To the right of 

 the ovals and of the broken lines just mentioned are six animals. Five of 

 these I take to represent buffaloes or bison, the sixth a deer. There is a 

 blotch of color which seems shapeless near the broken animal. Still lower 

 is an animal with broad horns or big ears, whichever is intended to be repre- 

 sented, and with a broad and upturned tail. The legs of this figure are 

 broader than those in the other figures. This is plainly shown in Plate II. 

 I take it to be a moose. 



Below this last figure and to the left is a blotch, probably representing 

 an animal like the one described. Immediately below this is the figure of a 

 deer (?) with a slender neck and long legs. Below this is a series of some 30 

 broad marks, in a fairly straight horizontal line, alike except for a large, 

 broad Y, the fifth mark from the left hand end. Below all, close to the broken 

 bottom of the cliff, and just above the shelf on which the artist evidently 

 stood, are three broad and bold marks. 



In the central portion of this group of figures and lines is a very large 

 letter T, the stem of the letter being broken by a rift in the rock, in Plate II 

 showing as a horizontal line. Around this are several large blotches, the rem- 

 nants of figures or lines. To the right of the stem of the letter T is a series 

 of lines which might be construed as representing a house, but which evidently 

 do not. This is shown in Plate II. 



The preceding figures are on the first mass of rock, extending to the angle 

 of the cliff, the angle being intensified in the picture by a black line. In this 

 plate the other writings are not plain. It is necessary to move to the right, 

 take a new point of view, and observe those figures and marks on the other 

 face of the angle. The angle in the rocks is shown well in Plates V and VI, as 

 well as the additional markings which are to be briefly mentioned. 



In Plates "V and VI may be seen the angle of the rock where the figures 

 just described are to be seen. In this broken edge are many straight lines, 

 showing that the rock cliff has not disintegrated since the writings were made. 

 For the next fifteen feet the rock face is somewhat irregular and broken. 

 First along the angle mentioned in the preceding, about as high as one's head, 

 is a row of nine straight lines. Below this several feet is a row of 14, and 

 a little lower two pairs of short lines; still lower are eight large, broad marks, 

 two lone lines at the bottom. This is a total of 37 lines, large and small, in 

 the angle of the rock. 



To the right is a peculiarly made symbol, consisting of five arms from a 

 small central body, three pointing down and two up. To the right of this is 

 an animal, quite well executed, similar to one previously mentioned. It has 

 a long head, blunt and broad horns, an upturned tail, short, and stocky legs. 

 It was probably intended for a moose. There are 8 lines and a blotch below 

 the animal. To the right is a large blotch, several times as large as the 

 animal. Then comes another break or angle in the rock wall, and to the 

 right are still other figures. By consulting Plates VI, VII and VIII, and espe- 



