According to legend, a group of Paiute Indians passed through Clear Creek Canyon on the way to their winter camping area, and while they were in the canyon, the recently born baby of a young woman died and was buried near here. During the winter, the mother was troubled by the thought of her baby being alone in the cold, and the following spring she returned to the burial site and painted a blanket on a rock face nearby so the baby could use it to keep warm during cold winters at this lonely place. The Indian Blanket pictograph is 16 feet wide and four feet high, and analysis of the paint indicates that it was derived from minerals found in nearby rock outcrops. Creators of pictographs in Clear Creek Canyon also used pigments from plants, blood, and animal fats.