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Record July 8

Cody and Salsbury, proprietors of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, have reason to feel proud of the continued large attendance at their daily performances. The Wild West is certainly one of the most unique entertainments ever placed before the public of America, and the patronage shows that novelty and newness are always appreciated when well presented by good performers. The varies scenes and incidents of the programme are enacted with such life and spirit that the spectator is kept on the alert to satisfy his eye and mind at all times. The public seems never to tire of the Wild West, and twice each day sees the grand stand filled to repletion with enthusiastic crows for whose benefit this vast assemblage has been gathered together. The most perfect arrangements have been made for the comfort of the spectator during his attendance of the performance and for his getting to and from the grounds.

Mail July 8"

At or Near the World's Fair.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West continues to be as great an attraction in proportion to its size as the Columbian exposition itself. Directly opposite the grounds, between Sixty-second and Sixty-third streets, it has been able to hold its own regardless of the attractions within.

Scill Later Tribune July 8

RELIC OF THE CAVE-DWELLERS.

A STICK OF VOLCANIC SLATE COVERED WITH HIEROGLYPHICS.

Al Huntington Bring Up a Reminder of Ancient Days - Rough Trails and Elevated But Run [?] House.

A TRIBUNE Reporter has been shown an object of great interest to the antiquarian. It is a polished stick of volcanic slate about eighteen inches long and two inches thick, weighing four and one-half pounds, and was brought to the city by Al Huntington, who all old-timers in this regions either know or have heard of.

Mr. Huntlogton has been living at Lee's Ferry, on the Colorado river, for four years. Like all old mountaineers, he spends a great deal of his spare time in prospecting, and while so engaged ho found this stick of slate in a Cliff Dweller's house on the Colorado river, in Arizona.

This was at the southeast end of the Buckskin mountains, about eighty miles below, or southwest of Lee's Ferry. At this point the river is approached over Major Powell's old trail, which leads through the Saddle canon. The canon is very precipitous, and at points is dangerous to any but sure-footed animals, At one point there is a projecting ledge on the trail. Here a "bridge," composed of rocks, held in place by a long pole, has been built around the ledge. It is narrow and Mr. Huntington's packhorse fell from it and was dashed to pieces hundreds of feet below.

Just below this on the trail is the Devil's Ludder, about 300 feet long, and so steep that a man or cayuse can climb it only with great difficulty. Two miles further down the Saddle cañon is the Nan-co-weep creek, and following that three miles brings us to the Colorado river. The mouth of Saddle cañon is about 7000 feet higher than the river, which is reached by passing over a succession of terraces, some of which are 500 feet high.

Mr. Huntiogton reached the dwellings mentioned by following a narrow ledge about 4000 feet above the river. Fronting on this ledge, which the pigmies must have regarded as a wide and imposing boulevard, were four dwellings. The walls were in a good state of preservation, but the roof of each had eaved in. The walls were of stone laid in cement, and seemed to be as solid as when built, many hundreds of years ago, The doorway was about three feet high, and the room about 10x12 feet in area. Dirt to the depth of a foot covered the floor, and it was there that Mr. Huntington dug up the stone mentioned above.

A TRIBAL BOOK.

This stone possesses peculiar interest by reason of its being covered with hieroglyphics which are still plainly visible under a magnifying glass. It is a tribal book, and therefore is to those Indians what the papyrus is as a chronicler of the history of the ancient Egyptians. The hieroglyphics extend lengthwise of the book, and both Professor Montgomery and John B. Taylor believe that the book is a record of sundry travels or expeditions of the tribe. What seem to be mountains, streams and a trail are plainly delineated. It is Mr. Huntington's purpose to send the book to Buffalo Bill at Chicago.

Another valuable article found at the same place was an earthen jar, also covered with hieroglyphics. It was egg-shaped, about two feet high and ten inches in diameter at the top. While lowering it to a wider ledge with a rope, a sharp rock out he rope, and the jar became & mass of fragments. Then, when Al saw a small fortune so suddenly vanish, his only consolation was to use language, and there is no doubt but he exhausted the subject. There are but few of those jars known to be in existence, and to the archaeologist they are of almost priceless value.

On the perpendicular walls of Grand river, hundreds of feet above the water, are hieroglyphics and representations of Indians and animals in red paint. They may have been there when Christ was on earth, yet the action of the elements has neither erased them nor even diminished their color. Even those barbarians could teach us something if they could come back.

Mr. Huntington also found stone hammers which seemed to be bard as steel, and other articles which he brought have brought away had he considered their value.

Sixteen miles farther down the Colorado there is a village of twenty or thirty houses about two thousand feet above the river bed. These houses are in a state of ruin from natural decay. At this point the bank of the river is less precipitous, and the village can be reached from below. Large cottonwood trees are growing up tot the edge of the village. Mr. Huntington did not stay long enough to explore for mummies.

Times July 8"

Will See Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

That Buffalo Bill's Wild West stands the criticisms of years is proven by the fact that all dignitaries within reach avail themselves of the opportunity to see the performance. Today the program will be enjoyed by the world's fair directors, the national commission, the foreign commissioners, and the officers of the caravels and the steamers Johnson, Blake, and Michigan.

Post July 9

ARENA "WILD WEST."

No one feature of Buffalo Bill's Wild West attracts as much attention as does the international music drill by detachments from the cavalry of the four great armies of the world. The men engaged to give this drill are all veterans who have seen actual service in Africa, Europe and American, and many of them have been decorated by their various governments for bravery. The sergeant in charge of the United States detachment, who joined the company under a three months leave of absence, has had that furlough extended four months longer by General Schofield who stated that he believed the members of the United States cavalry engaged by Colonel Cody while on furlough were really on duty, because of the work they were accomplishing in educating the masses to the thorough appreciation of that branch of the army. With all of its attractions the military drill has strong competitors in the other features of the Wild West. The bucking broncos are as interesting as ever; the painted Indian on the warpath, chanting his weird songs, flourishing his tomahawk and attacking innocent settlers, also interests the spectator; the Cossacks, Arabs, Mexicans and cowboys, their wonderful skill and daring both afoot and horseback; their marvelous marksmanship and their dare-devil horsemanship all tend to make Colonel Cody's entertainment everything that is claimed for it-- that is is not only the most novel but one of the most interesting educative exhibitions ever seen. Two performances will continue to be given every day at 3 o'clock and 8:30 p. m. until November, "rain or shine."