THE LITTLE-BRAINED DINOCERAS 91 



Wyoming and northeastern Utah. Nothing more 

 desolate than this whole region can be imagined, for 

 it is made up entirely of rocks. And within these rocks 

 lie buried the bones of countless animals. Professor 

 0. C. Marsh was the first man who ventured to 

 explore this vast cemetery in search of these bones. 

 He was rewarded by discovering the Dinoceras 

 which, at first, was given the name Uintatherium — 

 Uinta Animal — because it was found in the Uinta 

 rock formation, and in some museums and books this 

 name is still used. Before he succeeded in taking 

 any fossils from the desert, Professor Marsh had many 

 an exciting experience. For the Indians living 

 near by believed that these fossils were the bones of 

 their ancestors whom they worshiped. So they 

 started some spirited fights in their efforts to keep the 

 white men out of this old burial ground. 



For many generations the Indians who passed 

 through this desert had told wonderful tales of 

 gigantic skulls and legs and feet which they had 

 seen sticking out of the rocks. Sometimes an Indian 

 who had been in the desert many times would insist 

 that these bones were pushing themselves farther 



