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Show 3 0 PICTOGRAPH0 OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. tions of many of the separated characters of Figure 1 are presented on page 46 ei seq, also in Figures 156 et seq. j page 237. V - I / M J ^ . . ^ n t •••••••• * >? * « « , * » •/ W% fcM • 2. V Fir.. 1.- Prtroglypbj- al Oakley Spring*. Arizona. Mr. Gilbert obtained sketches of etchings in November, 1878, on Partridge Creek, northern Arizona, at the point where the Beale wagon road comes to it from the east. " The rock is cross- laminated Aubrey sandstone and the surfaces used are faces of the tannine. All the work is done by blows with a sharp point. ( Obsidian is abundaut iu the vicinity.) Some inscriptions are so fresh as to indicate that the locality is still resorted to. No Indians live in the immediate vicinity, but the region is a bouting ground of the Wallapais and Avasupais ( Cosninos)." Notwithstanding the occasional visits of the above named tribes, the characters submitted more nearly resemble those of other localities known to have been made by the Moki Pueblos. Rock etchings are of frequent occurrence along the entire extent of the valley of the Rio Yerde, from a short distance below Camp Verde to the Gila River. Mr. Thomas V. Keam reports etchings ou the rocks in Canon Segy, and in Ream's Canon, northeastern Arizona. Some forms occurring at the latter locality are found also upon Moki pottery. BOCK CARVINGS IN CALIFORNIA. From information received from Mr. Alphonse Pinart, pictograpfaic records exist in the hills east of San Bernardino, somewhat resembling |