Ancient Inscriptions on Rocks Resembling Chinese Boise, Idaho, Apr..s.
Symbols and signs, chiselled, it is believed, ages ago, were discovered recently on Java rocks in a remote section of Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho.
Many of the inscriptions bear striking resemblance to Chinese alphabet characters of to-day, it is said, although archeologists say they may be anywhere from 400 to 30,000 years old.
The inscriptions, which are said be a mine of archaeological ure, were discovered by Robert Limbert, "a Boise taxidermist. Their exact location will not be made public until they are examined thoroughly this summer.by a number of scientists who are coming here.
The volcanic rock on which the inscriptions are carved is scattered over a thirty-acre sagebrush flat. In tha immediate vicinity are several large caves, around the entrance of which the rocks also are inscribed. It is believed that these caves never have been explored. Possibly, it is said, they contain many relics of scientific value.
Two distinct types of carving, ideographic and pictographic, have been noted. Archeologists believe the ideographic antedates by many years the pictographic. Both systems have been found together on one rock, and near them can be discerned what appears to be a third system, supposed to antedate both of the others, but which has become weather-beaten beyond possibility of deciphering.
Clear bits of this prehistoric writing are found on one huge waterworn lava boulder 25 feet long, 14 feet wide and 5 feet high.
Near the centre is a series of triangles believed to indicate Indian temples, and next to them are rows of dots and dashes, thought to Tesemblance of many of the inscriptions to the characters of the Chinese alphabet was taken by some to substantiate the theory that the North American natives descended from a race which came from Asia by way of the Behring Straits.
Indians now living in Idaho, when questioned regarding the carvings, say the more modern, or pictographic, are the work of their forefathers, but they assert the others t¢ ba the work of spirits Reuter.
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