Vernal Scrapbook

Head Hunters

"...their appearance on the cliffs give rise to the conjecture that a separate and distinct 'head hunting tribe' came into the territory, made a series of successful raids...

portant If it omn be acoepted as representing the fringe of sult 1t 1s then the only ome of that nature whion the writer has seen 411 the groups of Head Hunters are important their appearance on The cLifTs give rise to The conjeoture thetseperate ana a1s7inot head Munting Triver oame 1nto the Territory madeseries of successrul reias and made permanent Tecord of the fact by designs upon The rooks it secms To the writer to acoept with cautionTheory On SO Sl1ghT an evidence ror he thinks 1t more likely na beentemporary phase of decapitatingnead 1n some instances rather than to Tollow the more usual oustom or merely taking the scalp or the falien roe ihose designs are probably one or the late rueblo perioas L1 or ITI this photo shows he olirr wall commer vhe Junotion of ury sork with ashiey rores Greek alL the going groups are on the Lt Head gt the oLLff face of that projecting portion the Bt S50k Sl Funters about two miles up west and Remeseedt somothing less than two miles Designs may be found Within fifty feet of the cormer seen g6 Utan Staty Wuseiin Bxpedivion canped where the sheepare soen-teeding Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved