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     Mr. Kinkaid's Report
Mr. Kinkaid was the first white child born in Idaho and has been
an explorer and hunter all his life, thirty years having been in
the service of the Smithsonian Institute. Even briefly recounted,
his history sounds fabulous, almost grotesque.
"First, I would impress that the cavern is nearly inaccessible.
The entrance is 1,486 feet down the sheer canyon wall. It is
located on government land and no visitor will be allowed there
under penalty of trespass. The scientists wish to work
unmolested, without fear of archeological discoveries being
disturbed by curio or relic hunters.
A trip there would be fruitless, and the visitor would be sent on
his way. The story of how I found the cavern has been related,
but in a paragraph: I was journeying down the Colorado river in a
boat, alone, looking for mineral. Some forty-two miles up the
river from the El Tovar Crystal canyon, I saw on the east wall,
stains in the sedimentary formation about 2,000 feet above the
river bed. There was no trail to this point, but I finally
reached it with great difficulty.
Above a shelf which hid it from view from the river, was the
mouth of the cave. There are steps leading from this entrance
some thirty yards to what was, at the time the cavern was
inhabited, the level of the river. When I saw the chisel marks on
the wall inside the entrance, I became interested, securing my
gun and went in. During that trip I went back several hundred
feet along the main passage till I came to the crypt in which I
discovered the mummies. One of these I stood up  and photographed
by flashlight. I gathered a number of relics, which I carried
down the Colorado to Yuma, from whence I shipped them to
Washington with details of the discovery. Following this, the
explorations were undertaken.
     The Passages
"The main passageway is about 12 feet wide, narrowing to nine
feet toward the farther end. About 57 feet from the entrance, the
first side-passages branch off to the right and left, along
which, on both sides, are a number of rooms about the size of
ordinary living rooms of today, though some are 30 by 40 feet
square. These are entered by oval-shaped doors and are ventilated
by round air spaces through the walls into the passages. The
walls are about three feet six inches in thickness.
The passages are chiseled or hewn as straight as could be laid
out by an engineer. The ceilings of many of the rooms converge to
a center. The side-passages near the entrance run at a sharp
angle from the main hall, but toward the rear they gradually
reach a right angle in direction.
     The Shrine
"Over a hundred feet from the entrance is the cross-hall, several
hundred feet long, in which are found the idol, or image, of the
people's god, sitting cross-legged, with a lotus flower or lily
in each hand. The cast of the face is oriental, and the carving
this cavern. The idol almost resembles Buddha, though the
scientists are not certain as to what religious worship it
represents. Taking into consideration everything found thus far,
it is possible that this worship most resembles the ancient
people of Tibet.
Surrounding this idol are smaller images, some very beautiful in
form; others crooked-necked and distorted shapes, symbolical,
probably, of good and evil. There are two large cactus with
protruding arms, one on each side of the dais on which the god
squats. All this is carved out of hard rock resembling marble. In
the opposite corner of this  cross-hall were found tools of all
descriptions, made of copper. These people undoubtedly knew the
lost art of hardening this metal, which has been sought by
chemicals for centureis without result. On a bench running around
the workroom was some charcoal and other material probably used
in the process. There is also slag and stuff similar to matte,
showing that these ancients smelted ores, but so far no trace of
where or how this was done has been discovered, nor the origin of
the ore.
"Among the other finds are vases or urns and cups of copper and
gold, made very artistic in design. The pottery work includes
enameled ware and glazed vessels. Another passageway leads to
granaries such as are found in the oriental temples. They contain
seeds of varous kinds. One very large storehouse has not yet been
entered, as it is twelve  feet high and can be reached only from
above. Two copper hooks extend on the edge, which indicates that
some sort of ladder was attached. These granaries are rounded, as
the materials of which they are constructed, I think, is a very
hard cement. A gray metal is also found in this cavern, which
puzzles the scientists, for its identity  has not been
established. It resembles platinum. Strewn promiscuously over the
floor everywhere are what people call "cats eyse', a yellow stone
of no great value. Each one is engraved with the head of the
Malay type.
     The Hieroglyphics
"On all the urns, or walls over doorways, and tablets of stone
which were found by the image are the mysterious hieroglyphics,
the key to which the Smithsonian Institute hopes yet to discover.
The engraving on the tables probably has something to do with the
religion of the people. Similar hieroglyphics have been found in
southern Arizona.  Among the pictorial writings, only two animals
are found. One is of prehistoric type.
     The Crypt
"The tomb or crypt in which the mummies were found is one of the
largest of the chambers, the walls slanting back at an angle of
about 35 degrees. On these are tiers of mummies, each one
occupying a separate hewn shelf. At the head of each is a small
bench, on which is found copper cups and pieces of broken swords.
Some of the mummies are covered with clay, and all are wrapped in
a bark fabric.
The urns or cups on the lower tiers are crude, while as the
higher shelves are reached, the urns are finer in design, showing
a later stage of civilization. It is worthy of note that all the
mummies examined so far have proved to be male, no children or
females being  buried here. This leads to the belief that this
exterior section was the warriors' barracks.
"Among the discoveries no bones of animals have been found, no
skins, no clothing, no bedding.Many of the rooms are bare but
for water vessels. One room, about 40 by 700 feet, was probably
the main dining hall, for cooking utensils are found here. What
these people lived on is a problem, though it is presumed that
they came south in the winter and farmed in the valleys, going
back north in the summer.
Upwards of 50,000 people could have lived in the caverns
comfortably. One theory is that the present Indian tribes found
in Arizona are descendants of the serfs or slaves of the people
which inhabited the cave. Undoubtedly a good many thousands of
years before the Christian era, a people lived here which reached
a high stage of civilization. The chronology of human history is
full of gaps. Professor Jordan is much enthused over the
discoveries and believes that the find will prove of
incalculable value in archeological work.
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