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dead. It lias been suggested that tliej'- form the paraphernalia of a temple and were 

 hidden, as so many of the idols were, at the time of the general destrudlion of the idols 

 in 1819 in the hope that the storm would blow over and better times ensue, but there 

 is absolutely nothing in the colledlion to support such a view. The two gods or 

 auniakita were household deities, the other articles might be the private property of 



FIG. 



FEMAI.K PORTRAIT STATUETTE. 



some chief or priest, and two things, — the fan and bit of porcelain are such keepsakes 

 as were commonly deposited with the dead to whom the articles had belonged. 



The objeAs were carefully wrapped in kapa, but the explorers unfortunatel3' 

 removed all this without especiallj- noting the kinds used on each, and we are deprived 

 of any clew this disposition might afford. We have the letter but the addressed 



The cave opening was about 30 feet above the bottom of a drj' gulch running northeast and southwest. It was 

 about 3 feet wide and the passage into which it led (a) was about 55 feet long. At about half the height a walled-up 

 opening (2) was found leading to a narrow passage, 2 feet wide, soon opening into a chamber (b) approximately 10 

 feet high and wide with a length of 30 feet. This chamber (b) contained a human skeleton placed in a canoe and 

 raised on a stand (4). As will be seen in the lower diagram this chamber is below the passage .a. Another walled-up 

 door (3) led to a passage about 2 feet wide and 7 feet long opening into a chamber (c) perhaps 20 feet long and 7 feet 

 wide and high. In this last chamber were the articles here described. 



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