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yard. Besides, the finding of the bones of the large extinct mammals in positions 

 as high as where the human remains were found would indicate an antiquity 

 which a hundred centuries would hardly cover. 



In my limited archaeological researches, in Missouri and Kansas, I have ob~ 

 served and gathered from others hundreds of facts bearing on this subject and all 

 pointing to the occupancy of the bluffs bordering the Missouri River valley prior 

 to the close of the Champlain era. But it must not be inferred that this was 

 man's first appearance on this vast domain, for it is probable that he and the 

 large extinct mammals existed prior to and retired before the advancing glaciers of 

 the glacial epoch, to beyond the 40° N. latitude, and, that during the Champlain 

 period the large animals became extinct, but that man survived, and advanced 

 northward again upon the retiring glaciers. 



I would like to pursue this subject more in detail, but cannot do so without 

 trespassing too far on the patience of Professor Putnam. As I have remained, 

 for some time past, under a kind of promise to the public to renew the considera- 

 tion of this subject, if you will allow me space in the Review, and will be so 

 kind as to send a number to Professor Putnam, it seems to me proper to 

 answer his inquiry through that channel, more especially so as it would add \o 

 the public interest to know that so distinguished an antiquarian and profound a 

 thinker as Professor Putnam deems the matter of scientific importance. 



With the best wishes for the success of the Review and your noble effort to- 

 add to the sum of human knowledge, I remain 



Yours most truly, E. P. West. 



HUMAN FOOT-PRINTS IN SOLID ROCK. . 

 theo. s. case. 



The discovery of supposed human foot-prints in solid rock near Carson^ 

 Nevada, leads me to call attention to those discovered by myself in October, 

 1880, in the Valley of the Pecos River, near the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 

 R. R. , in New Mexico, and referred to in the November number of this Review 

 in an article entitled "An Excursion to the Birth-Place of Montezuma." 



Our party was crossing the open prairie between Baughl's Station and the 

 old Pecos Church, when we came to a large boulder, or fragment of sand rock, 

 of which there were hundreds scattered around. It being a warm afternoon and 

 this rock lying under a clump of cedar trees, we naturally stopped to rest in the 

 shade. While there our attention was attracted by some very singular markings 

 upon the surface of the rock, which was about six by nine feet and about three 

 feet high. These markings resembled human foot-prints, each being about thir-. 

 teen inches long by four and one-half inches wide and about six inches apart. The 

 cut below gives a very good idea of their appearance except that the drawing is 

 rather too smooth and symmetrical. These tracks gave us the suggestion of their 



