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COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



are adobe ovens, used for baking the sacred or feast bread. In wicker bird- 

 coops are kept eagles, hawks, and turkeys, which are regarded as sacred birds, 

 and from which are plucked the feathers used in the dance and ceremonials. 

 Covered ways permit access to several parts of the town. The streets are not 

 broad enough to permit the. passage of wagons, and the transportation is by 

 horses and donkeys. 



Wolpi is one of seven contiguous Tusayaii villages. These villages are located on 

 the flat tops of tongues or points of the mesas projecting into and overlooking 



Fig. 56. 



SLATE KNIVES. 

 93, black slate, Pennsylvania; 94, red shale, Pennsylvania; 95, red shale, Indiana. 



the valley 400 or 600 feet below. The houses are built in long rows, several 

 stories in height, each story usually set back so as to form a terrace. Their 

 gardens are on the hillside or in the valley below. There is no running stream 

 within 40 miles, and they depend for their scant supply of water on the springs 



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Fig. 57. 



SPADE-LIKE IMPLEMENT. 



South Carolina. 



and we^ls far down the hills or in the valley. The Tusayans of these pueblos 

 number about 2,000. They are sedentary and peaceful, and live much as do the 

 Zufiis. They may not all have the same origin, for one of the pueblos, Tewa, 

 speaks a different language from the others. 



Cliif ruin, &quot;Casa Blanca.&quot; This prehistoric ruin, situated in Canyon de Chelly, 



Arizona, is a combination of village and cliff dwelling ; whether originally so is 



unknown. The lower part contains a large circular chamber 16 feet in diameter, 



