﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  71 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B. 
  S. 
  Guha's 
  visit 
  among 
  the 
  Utes 
  and 
  the 
  Navaho 
  at 
  Towoac 
  

   and 
  Shiprock, 
  respectively, 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1921 
  was 
  under- 
  

   taken 
  primarily 
  with 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  finding 
  any 
  legends 
  or 
  myths 
  

   about 
  the 
  ancient 
  Cliff 
  Dwellers 
  of 
  Mesa 
  Verde 
  that 
  might 
  still 
  sur- 
  

   vive 
  among 
  these 
  people, 
  and 
  incidentally 
  to 
  collect 
  as 
  much 
  material 
  

   about 
  their 
  social 
  institutions 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Guha 
  arrived 
  at 
  Towoac 
  on 
  July 
  14, 
  1921, 
  and 
  spent 
  a 
  couple 
  

   of 
  weeks 
  visiting 
  the 
  different 
  camps 
  of 
  the 
  Utes. 
  Among 
  the 
  Wimi- 
  

   nuche 
  Utes, 
  unfortunately, 
  there 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  survive 
  any 
  

   legends 
  or 
  myths 
  about 
  the 
  Mesa 
  Verde. 
  All 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  gathered 
  

   from 
  the 
  oldest 
  living 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  was 
  that 
  when 
  their 
  an- 
  

   cestors 
  first 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Ute 
  Mountain 
  from 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  whole 
  

   region 
  from 
  the 
  La 
  Plata 
  to 
  the 
  Blue 
  Mountains 
  and 
  from 
  Dolores 
  

   to 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  ruins 
  such 
  as 
  now 
  may 
  be 
  seen. 
  They 
  

   were 
  already 
  abandoned, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  signs 
  of 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  

   corn 
  about 
  them. 
  

  

  After 
  leaving 
  Towoac 
  Mr. 
  Guha 
  went 
  to 
  Shiprock, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  and 
  

   stayed 
  there 
  until 
  September 
  5, 
  1921. 
  Unlike 
  the 
  Utes, 
  the 
  Navaho 
  

   seem 
  to 
  possess 
  survivals 
  of 
  myths 
  about 
  the 
  ancient 
  Cliff 
  Dwellers 
  

   of 
  Mesa 
  Verde. 
  How 
  far 
  these 
  legends 
  have 
  any 
  historical 
  back- 
  

   ground 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  say, 
  but 
  they 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  suggest 
  some 
  earlier 
  

   and 
  closer 
  relationhip 
  between 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  

   ruins 
  so 
  liberally 
  strewn 
  over 
  the 
  entire 
  region. 
  

  

  In 
  September, 
  1921, 
  Mr. 
  John 
  L. 
  Baer, 
  acting 
  curator 
  of 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  archeology 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  made 
  an 
  

   investigation 
  for 
  the 
  bureau 
  of 
  pictographic 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  Susque- 
  

   hanna 
  River. 
  In 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  between 
  Bald 
  Friar 
  and 
  

   Conowingo, 
  Md., 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  huge 
  boulders 
  of 
  serpentine 
  or 
  

   gabbro, 
  bearing 
  inscriptions, 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  heretofore 
  

   described 
  in 
  the 
  Tenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  

   Ethnology 
  and 
  in 
  Volume 
  CCC 
  (Lancaster 
  County), 
  Second 
  Geo- 
  

   logical 
  Survey 
  of 
  Pennsylvania. 
  The 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  

   these 
  pictographic 
  rocks 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  Miles' 
  Island 
  at 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  Gray 
  Rock 
  Falls. 
  Large 
  surfaces 
  of 
  these 
  rocks 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  polished 
  before 
  the 
  figures 
  were 
  pecked 
  upon 
  them. 
  Pits, 
  

   grooved 
  lines 
  indicating 
  tally 
  marks, 
  circles 
  with 
  radiating 
  spokes, 
  

   concentric 
  circles, 
  faces, 
  and 
  fishlike 
  outlines 
  were 
  the 
  prevailing 
  

   figures 
  observed. 
  

  

  Other 
  groups 
  of 
  rocks 
  between 
  this 
  island 
  and 
  Conowingo 
  showed 
  

   equally 
  interesting 
  carvings, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  profusely. 
  A 
  pyramid- 
  

   shaped 
  rock 
  standing 
  well 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  rough 
  and 
  dangerous 
  rapids 
  

   had 
  several 
  fish 
  outlined 
  near 
  its 
  apex. 
  A 
  slab 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   broken 
  from 
  its 
  original 
  position 
  and 
  which 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  

   for 
  a 
  shad-dipping 
  stand, 
  was 
  marked 
  with 
  outlines 
  of 
  two 
  slender 
  

  

  