148 A Hunting Trip 



Our destination in coming to this Cave Val- 

 ley was known as the Ewer Cave — a natural 

 cave requiring a climb of many feet up a per- 

 pendicular part of the valley to reach. The 

 cave received its name from a ewer standing 

 in its mouth, this ewer being constructed of 

 layers of straw and mud, one upon the other 

 until it stood about eight feet in height, with a 

 diameter of six feet, its potbellied form slop- 

 ing bluntly towards the top and bottom. In 

 the top was a round hole for filling in the corn ; 

 and several small holes in the side and a large 

 hole in the bottom allowed for getting out the 

 grain. In the bottom were several bushels of 

 small corn-cobs. There were about twenty 

 rooms in the cave, all parcelled off by straw 

 and mud partitions plastered over, and each 

 room had a level floor as though made of ce- 

 ment. In digging up the dry bottom of one 

 corner we unearthed some dry bones, one the 

 pelvis of a human being of about half the size 

 of an adult of modern generations; and scat- 

 tered around were old pieces of pottery and 

 small pieces of rope made from coarse grass. 

 The roof of the cave was black with the smoke 



