Chap. VI. 
INDIAN HIEROGLYPHICS. 
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night, — a few ghostly Saguarro shafts, — all combined to 
produce a weirdlike scene unequalled by the gloomiest 
imagination. 
The flat rocks and blocks of stone on the precipitous 
sides of these terraces are, for considerable distances, 
covered with Indian characters, cut upon them. The 
traveller who would study and collect these strange and, as 
yet, unexplained carvings, would find occupation for many 
weeks. 
I will venture here to make some remarks upon this 
subject. Mr. Bartlett l is of opinion that these so-called 
Indian hieroglyphics have no historical meaning, but are 
simply the production of an imaginative fancy; and the 
number of drawings he has given in his book appear to 
Personal Narrative,' vol. II. p. 195. 
