The characters of the story did not exist, the cave mention did not exist, and there was no archeological expedition financed by the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. In the 1800’s and 1900’s, the Indian tribes dealt with more white men trying to find all the gold they can in the canyon. In March and April of 1909, the Arizona Gazette published two fictitious stories the twisted around the old, old stories of a secret, hidden city of gold within the Grand Canyon. While inside the Grand Canyon, the entourage descended a third of the way down, saw a river, but had to turn back for lack of water. The next group of Spanish explorers and pitentisl conquerors would arrive in the canyon in 1776 when Spanish soldiers and 2 Roman Catholic Christian priests were searching for a route from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Monterey, California. The Indian tribes kept secret from the Spaniards the city of gold located in the canyon. The Indian tribes living today in the Grand Canyon vicinity are the Havasupai, Hualapai, Navajo, and Hopi. The first known Europeans to explore the Grand Canyon were back in September of 1540, when Hopi Indian guides led a group of 13 Spanish soldiers under Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas to discover the fabled Seven Cities of Gold, for his superior officer, the Conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon (“Ongtupga” in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages thereto. Sometime in the 15th century, the Navajo or the Dine arrived there. At least 800 years ago, the Havasupai tribe moved in. For about a century, the territory was uninhabited by humans. But, by the late 13th century, both tribes moved away, probably because of drought. Later on, the Cohonina tribe lived there are as neighbors to the Anasazi. During the last 4,000 years the first people of the Grand Canyon were the Anasazi. Human habitation of the Grand Canyon, with documented evidence, goes back 10,500 years.
We will talk about mummies more later on.
And the ancient American Indians if hot climate stares did have mummies of their dead. There are also stories of mummies within the secret cave. This secret city cave is located near many other caves close to the Colorado River. Some ancient man made caves, for protection security within the Grand Canyon are known to explorers. Some weapons, highly decorated clay and ceramic pottery and beautiful jewelry with lots of turquoise.Īll of these things contained in a secret man made cave with long passageways to further secret rooms. Besides the legendary city having large gold deposits, there are also many Native American Indian artifacts of silver and copper. But, no mining of any type, nor panning is allowed with that national park. There are various stories of the Native American Indians, for many centuries, that speak of an ancient, hidden city of gold within the Grand Canyon.In fact, there are gold deposits in the Grand Canyon the known gold deposits there are hiding among the silt and gravel in the Colorado River. 11, 1908, the Grand Canyon became an official national monument and it became a national park on Feb.26, 1919. The Grand Canyon, in the State of Arizona, USA is a famous, popular historical site that is a huge national park which is 1,902 square miles, with the canyon being 217 miles long, one mile deep, and its with varying from 4 to 18 miles.
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