Vol. v. OCTOBER, 1888. No. 40 



INDIAN CAR VINGS. 



The Chuckavvalla mountains form a part of the vast region 

 called the Colorado desert, and are located in the north-eastern 

 part of San Diego county, California. 



About thirty miles from Salton, a station on the Central Pacific 

 R. R., and near the centre of the Pacific Mining District, there is 

 a smootlily worn rock bearing on its nearly perpendicular face 

 various Indian signs. I give below a rough sketch of the 

 figures engraved upon this rock, as I found them June 7th. Itis 

 beside an old Indian trail at several natural water reservoirs lo- 

 cally known as the Black Tanks: 



These signs were cut into the rock about half an inch, and 

 were two to six or eight inches in height, and all very distinctly 

 cut. Those near the character resembling a large capital E were 

 nearly effaced by the weather and could not be accurately out- 

 lined. 



Ten miles from this rock, at Cohn springs, I was informed that 

 a number of rocks were similarly inscribed, with a much greater 

 variety of designs, but I was unable at the time to visit the local- 



