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ous places in the vailey, while the yellow was an ocherous clay, also 
found there. The white color was probably obtained there, and is evi- 
dently earthy, though of what nature can only be surmised, not suffi- 
cient being obtainable from the rock picture to make satisfactory analy 
sis with the blow-pipe. The composition of the black is not known, 
unless it was made by mixing clay and powdered charcoal. The latter 
is a preparation common at this day among other tribes. 
“An immense granite bowlder, about 20 feet in thickness and 30 in 
length, is so broken that a lower quarter is removed, leaving a large 
an 
Fic. 13.—Petroglyph at Tule river, California. 
square passageway through its entire diameter almost northwest and 
southeast. Upon the western wall of this passageway is a collection of 
the colored sketches of which Fig. 985 is a reduced copy. The entire 
face of the rock upon which the pictograph occurs measures about 12 
or 15 feet in width and 8 in height. The largest human figure measures 
6 feet in height, from the end of the toes to the top of the head, the 
others being in proportion as represented. 
“Upon the ceiling are a number of well executed drawings of the 
beaver, bear, centipede (Fig. 12), and bald eagle (Fig. 13). Many of 
the other forms indicated appear to represent some variety of insects, 
several of which are drawn with exaggerated antenne, as in Fig. 14, 
It is curious to note the gradual blending of forms, as, for instance, 
that of the bear with those resembling the human figure, often found 
among the Shoshonean types in Arizona and New Mexico, some of 
which are described and figured infra. 
“Big. 15 embraces a number of characters on the ceiling. The left 
hand upper figure is in black, with a narrow line of red surrounding it. 
The drawing is executed neatly and measures about 18 inches in length. 
