1893.] Among the Cliff-Dwellers. aat 
strate that in the matter of disposing of the dead, departures 
from the general custom, whatever that may have been, were 
occasionally practiced. One of these exceptional cases was 
brought to light in the discovery of the mummy, which forms 
the subject of this paper. E 
This mummy was discovered in one of the rooms of the large 
collection of Cliff-dwellings just described; and had been care- . 
fully placed in an excavation made in the floor, on the side 
and slightly under the partition wall. The wall here, as well 
as elsewhere, rested upon the debris which had previously 
collected in the cave. Every portion of the body, including 
the nails, hair and teeth, were perfectly preserved. 
The preservation of this body was due to the great dryness 
of the atmosphere of the country, and the chemical elements 
of the soil, etc., in which it was entombed. The mummy was 
small, being that of a child apparently about seven years of 
age; although inferior in size to that of a child of the same age 
with us. 
It had been carefully and completely wrapped in two large 
pieces of coarsely woven cloth of different textures, made from 
the fibers of the “Spanish dagger”—which was used so 
extensively by the Cliff-dwellers for this and other purposes 
—and then again as carefully wrapped in a large and nicely 
woven mat of bear grass. 
After this, it was bound with cords, onto a small and > 
curiously shaped board of cottonwood ; the cords crossing the 
body and passing through small circular holes made in each 
corner of the board. 
The board had apparently been fashioned with a stone ax, 
and afterward finished by being rubbed with some instru- 
ment. | 
The hair on the head of the mummy was of a beautiful 
dark brown color, and of a soft and silky texture. The arms 
were drawn up near to the sides of the head, and hands 
clinched ; and the legs also were somewhat drawn up. 
This description is better illustrated by the plate Figs. 1, and 
2, (copied from a photograph) which represent the back and 
front views of this mummy. 
