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an acre or two in extent, the walls sound and true as when first built. Burrowing 

 coyotes enabled me to see four or five feet down the sides of some of these walls. 

 This series of buildings were probably but one story high, and entirely buried by 

 the blowing dust and sand. The burrowing animals (which were numerous) seemed 

 to choose spots covering remains of some kind, as they invariably threw out pottery, 

 stone-chips, arrow-points, and frequently, human bones. Wild potatoes grew plen- 

 tifully about these ruins, and centipedes and rattlesnakes made their homes in the 

 crumbling walls. 



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Across the valley, at the foot of the mountain, is a detached hill five or six hun- 

 dred feet high, with precipitous rocky sides. The level summit, half an acre in ex- 

 tent, is entirely covered with the walls of rudely built houses. No traces of the 

 timbers which once supported the roofs remain. These ruins are evidently of very 

 great age. Pottery, ornamented and plain, abounds, and a few very delicate arrow- 

 points of semi-transparent obsidian and agate were found, also turquoise beads and 

 pendants worn in ears. In the abrupt south wall of the hill were the remains of 

 cliff dwellings, built in every nook and cranny which would give them foothold. In 



