﻿NO. I SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I925 IO9 



The doorway of the house is only a yard high and about two feet 

 wide. It is closed by a door made by tying together an oblong 

 frame of willow poles and weaving small willow twigs to fill this 

 frame. Another type of door is a tule mat, stood on end. The 

 Indian word " to lock the door " really says " to tie the door," 

 for the only protection from intruders when Indians went away 

 and left the house was such a mat or frame, carelessly tied — and 

 Indian etiquette, which said that a stranger should not enter. Simi- 

 lar mats were used for sleeping and for sitting on the floor, and 

 are surprisingly warm when used for such purposes. The Indians 

 slept with nothing between themselves and the cold earth but one 

 of these " petates de tule." 



Some of the Indians had their houses lined on the inside with 

 similar tule mats, much as we use wallpaper, but in the ix)orer 

 houses, thatch and twigs showed on the inside. Between the poles 

 and thatching, all kinds of Indian utensils and furnishings were 

 stored out of the reach of children and in sight when needed for 

 use. 



On completing the Indian house, Mr. Harrington started in the 

 latter part of October on an expedition to the Caiiada de las Uvas. 

 This trip proved rich in discovery along several different lines. 

 Many of the archeological sites visited had not Ijeen touched since 

 Indian times, and Mr. Harrington found without difficulty the 

 old hut circles on the surface of the ground, either marked by 

 rings of rocks, formed by the Indians clearing the surface for the 

 hut, or by rings of raised earth which mark the former walls. 



The first work was at the village of Sikutip, where the Indian 

 huts were formerly clustered at the southwest border of the cienega. 

 There are many interesting rocks and caves in the neighborhood, 

 and four minor springs were located. Only a mile away is Choriy, 

 another large village. 



The largest village discovered was that known as Milyahu (fig. 

 109). This differed from the other sites in being located on a de- 

 tached rocky hill which has the appearance of a great towering 

 citadel when seen from the arroyo. The little Indian wigwam 

 circles, varying in diameter from 12 to 20 feet, were found all over 

 the summit of this hill. The water used by the people of Milyahu 

 is supplied by a spring which gushes forth from the sandy bed 

 of the dry arroyo opposite the middle of the Indian town. All the 

 water had to be carried up a cliff 75 feet or more in height, 

 reminding one of the practice at some of the Pueblos. Figure no 



