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show strong Gila influence and are little related to the remains on the 

 Salt River. One fragment of yellow ware with black and light-red 

 ornamentation was picked up. The black on the specimen is thick 

 and enamel-like. But one fragment showing white painting over a 

 rugose surface rewarded the most careful search. Some fragments of 

 ware resembling that of Four Mile have portions of designs of human 

 figures in white kaolin. Symbolic designs are infrequent, birds, bear 

 tracks, and a face on a red dipper comprising all such figures noted. 



Gray ware. — Shards of gray ware are rare in the debris at Forest- 

 dale, so that the number of vessels found was to some extent unex- 

 pected. The comparatively small number of shards may be due to 

 surface conditions, as in this region the ground is held b}^ plants and 

 moisture, while on the plains the prevalence of shards may be due to 

 winnowing of several feet of soil by erosive agencies. The greater 

 number of pieces of gra}^ ware were vases of globular form (Plate 11, 

 figs. 1 and 2), or of bird form containing incinerated bones (see Plate 

 8, fig. 1). None of the vases have handles as those from Linden and 

 Showlow; one urn has an animal handle, several of which, broken from 

 vessels, were taken from the debris. A few small bowls of gray ware 

 were also taken out. (Plate 8, fig. 2.) A portion of a gray vessel bear- 

 ing in relief apparentl}^ a snake, is an example of a class of decoration 

 very rare in the pueblo region, but prevalent in Mexico and found 

 sparingly on the Gila River. The bird-shaped vessels are more con- 

 ventional in treatment than those found north of the divide in the 

 drainage of the Little Colorado. Some figurines of animals in potter}^, 

 perhaps fetiches, occur at Forestdale. They are rudely executed and 

 without decoration. A dipper with rattle handle came from this ruin. 

 Rugose cooking vessels are few in number and of small size. Roun- 

 dels of reground pottery are frequent; one such piece ma}^ have been 

 a spindle whorl. 



Stone. — The absence of metates from the surface, coupled with the 

 presence of broken manos, was remarked at Forestdale, and it was 

 learned that the former were carried off by Indians who make use of 

 them around their camps, only working out a metate if an ancient one 

 can not be secured. The Apaches also collect hammers and other 

 stone implements from the ruins, which in many cases explains the 

 paucity of such relics on ruins visited by them. While excavations 

 brought to light metates, no axes and few hammers appeared, and 

 arrowheads were infrequent. Chert flakes formed into scrapers and 

 knives were numerous, one scraper chipped and ground being specially 

 noteworthy. Chips of black and white obsidian and an occasional 

 scraper of this material were noticed. A small boring implement of 

 red chert is figured. (Plate 12, fig. 4.) A small paint pestle with 

 traces of copper pigment on the rubbing end may be mentioned. 



