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from the southeast corner of the building. No kiva was observed on 

 this site. Many flakes of pure white chert and numerous shards of 

 black, gray, red, and brown pot- 

 tery are scattered around the ruin. 

 Coiled pottery with scratched or- 

 namentation appears to have been 

 prevalent here. 



On the terrace below the ruin 

 just described there is a smaller 

 ruin consisting of a few houses the 

 foundations of which are scarcely 

 traceable. In spite of the inacces- 

 sibility of these ruins they have been found and disturbed by relic 

 hunters. 



No. 35. Caves. — On the west side of Blue river, opposite the J. S. 

 Johnson ranch, 5 miles above no. 34, are several caves, two of which, 



Fig. 126. Plan of milling cave. 



Fig. 13. Two-story ceremonial cave, San Francisco river near mouth of Blue river. 



located in the summit of a high point overlooking the gorge of a tor- 

 rent, have been occupied. The upper cave has a small, inconspicuous 

 opening of circular shape looking out on a narrow ledge hundreds of 

 feet in the air above the stream bed. The opening is just large 

 enough for the passage of a person wriggling through, and the sides 

 are worn smooth by the struggles of those who entered at former 



