THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY 

 SCIENCE BULLETIN. 



Vol. V, No. 2] OCTOBER, 1909. [^o^ ^v.^nTs 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE PUEBLO RUINS OF SCOTT 



COUNTY. 



BY H. T. MARTIN. 



(Contribution from the Zoological Laboratory, No. 188.) 



Plates V to IX, and one text figure. 



A T the annual meeting of the Kansas State Historical Society 

 -^ at Topeka in January, 1899, Dr. S. W. Williston read be- 

 fore that body a paper entitled "Some Pueblo Ruins in Scott 

 County, Kansas," in which was fully set forth the results of 

 the excavation of the ruins now known as Quartelejo, together 

 with a list of the implements and weapons procured from the 

 rooms which composed the old buildmg. This paper will be 

 found in the Kansas Historical Collections, volume 6, 1897- 

 1900. Unfortunately it was not then possible to publish along 

 with the paper the photographs and drawings of the ruins 

 which were made during the excavation. In order to make the 

 photographs and ground-plan drawing which accompany this 

 paper as comprehensible as possible, the original description 

 by Doctor Williston will be given almost verbatim. Since this 

 account was based upon the field notes of the present writer, 

 who made the excavations under the directions of Dr. Will- 

 iston, its repetition here will be somewhat in the nature of a 

 personal account. 



DOCTOR WILLISTON'S ACCOUNT OF THE RUINS. 



"The ruins are situated in the valley of Beaver creek 

 (wrongly called Ladder creek on the map), in the northern 

 part of Scott county, twelve miles due north from Scott City, 

 and about ten miles south of the Smoky Hill river, as shown 

 on the maps, precisely where the township line touches the 



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