. Sights and scenes in Utah for tourists . er, is due tothis fact, as are a number of cave-like openings nearthe range. The Giants Cave is situated about the third of amile to the southwest of Garfield, and the entrance tothe cave is a few hundred feet above the years gone past the cave was submerged beneaththe waves of Great Salt Lake, or more correctly speak-ing was probably hollowed out by its receding waters, sothat like Staffa it has resounded to the wash of brinywaters. Somewhere between 500 and 600 feet is thedistance the opening extends into the mountain face,and the height
. Sights and scenes in Utah for tourists . er, is due tothis fact, as are a number of cave-like openings nearthe range. The Giants Cave is situated about the third of amile to the southwest of Garfield, and the entrance tothe cave is a few hundred feet above the years gone past the cave was submerged beneaththe waves of Great Salt Lake, or more correctly speak-ing was probably hollowed out by its receding waters, sothat like Staffa it has resounded to the wash of brinywaters. Somewhere between 500 and 600 feet is thedistance the opening extends into the mountain face,and the height of the ceiling above the floor varies fromten to seventy-five feet. The walls are composed oflimestone, the ceiling and floor of conglomerate, thesharp line of demarkations producing the effect of itshaving been built by the hand of man. When the cave was first entered, nearly thirty yearsago, it was found to contain a quantity of humanskeletons. Whether the remains belonged to thepresent race of Indians in the Salt Lake Valley is not 27. GIANTS CAVE, GARFiELD BEACH, UTAH, 28 known, but probably they did. The skeletons aremost likely those of warriors, slain in some Indianfight of long ago. Traditions of fierce combats arestill preserved among the Ute tribe, and it was theircustom to place the dead in hollow rocks or in cavessuch as the one we were describing. A large numberof arrow heads have been found in the hillside nearthe entrance, and occasionally one is picked up at thepresent day. These vary in size from one-third of aninch to three inches in length, and are of many differ-ent patterns. The smaller ones show fine workman-ship. In many cases they are made of agate or othertrans-parent material. Thus the cave was evidently a place of sepulchre,though it is Just possible that the slight tradition of itsbeing another uamh-fraingh is true. Many Indianfights occurred in the neighborhood, if we are to judgefrom very strong evidence, and this one at the mouthof the cave may h
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