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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. "J^ 



said that some of them were there always, even in the time of the 

 first people. They were the Indian sign posts. 



At Simomo the cemetery was located. The great shell refuse momid 

 of this rancheria shines white and makes the site conspicuous at a 

 distarce. The houses were on this mound and as the mound grew. 



Fig. 232. — Kutqa, Chief of the Walpi Indians, who sang at 

 the Grand Canyon. (Photograph by J. P. Harrington.) 



by fresh accumulations of debris, the whole village gradually rose in 

 elevation as the centuries passed. The spring was at the foot of the 

 slope and had a strong flow of excellent water ; it is now used as a 

 watering place for cattle. No material of very early date was re- 

 covered from the reconnaissance of the Simomo site. At Shisholop 

 site, the shell content of the mound was found to be unusually large 

 and few artifacts were found in it. The shell species contained in 

 these mounds are practically all identified as modern. 



