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No. 46. Pueblo. — On John Castos's ranch, H miles above the last 

 location and north of Grant canyon, there is a large stone pueblo 

 located on the mesa north of the creek. 



No. 47. Pueblo. — This pueblo lies 1 mile southeast of the George 

 Thompson farm on the high hills above the river. 



No. 48. Pueblo. — Located on the west side of the river between 

 the Thompson and Cornet farms, 5 miles south of Blue post-office. 

 The site is a high terrace above the river, and the ruins consist of 

 several house masses, of which the plans may easily be traced It is 

 very extensive, and the largest house mass is situated on a high 

 vantage point overlooking the marshy land of the river bottom. 



Fig. 18. Bear Crook cave, r.Hic river. 



The ruin is one of an important group of 5 located on this terrace; 

 a description of the others follows in nos. 49 and 50. 



No. 49- Kiva. — This remarkable ruin consists of a chamber 60 

 feet square, and at present 5 feet deep, sunk in the level terrace. 

 The sides are laid up with stone built on a slight slant, and a graded 

 way 10 feet wide, paved with slabs, leads down into the kiva. The 

 entrance is located on the east side, and the debris near the opening 

 seems to be that of guardrooms. This is the first structure of this 

 character found on the Blue above the mouth, and presumably it 

 was the kiva of the Foot Creek group. 



