From, the coj>)/n</htciI ]>hntograj)li hi/ E. S. Curtis 



CANON DEL MUERTO, IN THE NAVAHO COUNTRY OF NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA 



This ••ravine of the dead," a bi-aiidi <>t tlie moiiunieutal Kor^e of Canon Chelly. cut tliroufili liundrcds of feet of 

 reddish sandstone, takes its name from a clitf dwelling in which were found several ancient nnimmies. A ])oi-tion of 

 tlie cafiou is to be reproduced in the Navaho group now under construction for the Southwest Indian hall of the 

 American Museum of Natural History 



