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are several circular stone-walled " wells " 3 feet in diameter. The 

 shards thickly strewn on the site are brown, red, and gray varieties 

 of pottery of the better class. Full-grown mesquite trees flourish in 

 the ruins of the houses. 



No. 32. ( 'ave shrine. — In a cliff on the south bank of the San Fran- 

 cisco, about 1 mile below the Stockton ranch, there is a shallow two- 

 story cave formed by erosion. The upper story of the cave contains 

 a large quantity of broken and decayed arrows, bows, and other 

 relics of ceremonial deposits, but the lower story is washed by the 

 river during high water, and therefore contains no artifacts. 



No. 33. Pueblo. — Near Pigeon creek, a branch of the Blue entering 



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Fig. 12a. Milling cave near mouth of Blue river. 



that stream 9 miles above the mouth, is a small rectangular stone ruin 

 located on the wide flat above the river. The ground plan is per- 

 fectly regular and homogeneous and gives the impression that the 

 ancient Pueblos when they erected buildings on smooth, level ground 

 laid them out with geometric accuracy. 



No. 34- Pueblo. — On the east bank of the Blue, 12 miles from the 

 mouth and H miles south of the Fred Fritz ranch, is a stone pueblo, 

 the northwest corner of which is rounded like a bastion. The ruin is 

 located on a broad river terrace and consists of a number of rooms 

 built around a court. It measures 100 feet north and south and 75 

 feet east and west. On the smooth plaza in front of the ruin are two 

 circular " wells " and three shrines, the latter lying a short distance 



