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served as a permanent habitation, and perhaps 20 feet above, was the 

 entrance to a large open cavern, and on making our way up to this we 

 found that the rock had been broken into the semblance of rude steps. The 

 floor of the cavern was inclined at an angle of fifteen or twenty degrees, and 

 covered to the depth of probably 2 feet with the excrement of rats. Near 

 the head we noticed a large pile of broken bows and arrows, upon which 

 some heavy stones had been placed. An effort was made to dig through 

 this in the expectation of finding skeletons, but, having only our hands 

 and the small pieces of sticks composing the pile, we were compelled to 

 desist without being able to satisfy ourselves whether the cave had been 

 used as a burial-place or not. The arrows were made of reeds, with 

 sharpened points of hard wood inserted in the ends. The points, however, 

 of a few were slotted and wound with sinews, showing that regular heads 

 had been used, one of which, of obsidian, was found united to its shaft. 

 It is safe to say that in this mass there were over a thousand arrows broken 

 into fragments of various sizes. 



