Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1915 — Curious Indian Game Traps. [ARTICLE]

Curious Indian Game Traps.

The discovery of the manner in which the prehistoric Indians of the southwest obtained their meat supply was made recently by Washington scientists during an investigation around the plateau of the Pajarlka park, near Santa Fe, where a number of game traps were found. It is believed that the discovery of these traps indicates that the southwestern Indian of prehistoric times was far more Intelligent than his brother of the North. The traps are holes cut in lava rock at places where the poisonous gases make their way through to the surface. They are Ingeniously arranged to suggest a cavern In which an animal may hide. Animals running from their foes see one of these traps and dive into It. Almost instantly they are suffocated by the gas. This manner of death does not destroy their value as food.