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thought that the place had been used by the Indians as an armory. 

 There is, however, no reason to believe that the cave was used for 

 other purpose than for sacrificial offerings. 



Xo. Go. Clijf -dwellings. — In the canyon of Pueblo creek, at the 

 locality called Henkel park, 10 miles southeast of Blue, Ariz., is a 

 row of small cliff -dwellings. These dwellings are practically intact, 

 but are said to have been cleared of relics. One room in this series 

 has been artificially excavated in the soft rock. 



At Alma, near the mouth of Pueblo creek on the San Francisco 

 river, numerous sites have been reported, and south along the river 

 at Lone Pine and Whitewater are several larger and other smaller 

 ruins. 



4. LUNA VALLEY 



This beautiful valley, which is watered by the San Francisco river, 

 lies on the western confines of Socorro county at an elevation of about 



Pig. 22. Grinding stones (first two rows), manos (third row), metates (last row) — all 

 from Blue post-office, Blue river. 



8.000 feet above sea level. It was settled some thirty years ago by 

 Mexicans of the well-known Luna family, but the early settlers were 

 driven away by Apache depredations which resulted in considerable 

 loss of life. Later the valley was occupied by Mormons, who located 

 their farms on the .fertile lands and built the town of Luna. The 

 valley is a typical basin of the high mountain plateaus. It is rimmed 

 on the north side by basaltic cliffs and bounded on the south side by 

 gently sloping hills, which rise to the divide between the San Fran- 

 cisco and Blue rivers. At the east end of the basin the river enters 

 p» box canyon, emerging some 5 miles below Los Lentes valley (Spur 

 ranch ) . 



The ruins of Luna valley consist of artificial caves in the rim and 

 in the walls of the canyon and rectangular or polygonal stone pueblos 

 in the open country. The pueblos are generally located on the second 



