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No. 99. Pueblo. — On Clement Hightower's ranch, near Reserve 

 post-office, at the junction of the Tularosa and San Francisco rivers, 

 Socorro county, is an interesting ruin reported by Mr. Hightower 



No. 100. Shrines. — These are situated lj miles below Joseph, 

 N. Mex., near the ranch of Mr. H. S. Delgar. The Tularosa river 

 here enters a box canyon, and on a mesa above the river, accessible 

 at only one point, are large masses of volcanic rock. Some of these 

 are piled in rings within which are great quantities of broken pottery. 

 There are five of these rings. The edge of the mesa also seems to 

 have an artificial rampart of large rocks. (PL v, b.) 



No. 101. Petrofflyphs. — Near the last location may oe seen a re- 

 markable series of petroglyphs. consisting of eagles, men and other 

 figures, graven on the smooth face of the canyon wall. (PI. vi.) 



No. 102. Pueblos. — This group, 7 in number, is situated on the west 

 bank of the Tularosa 1^ miles below Joseph, western Socorro county, 

 in part on the farm of Mr. H. S. Delgar, for whom the group has been 

 named. They are rectangular stone pueblos located on the second 

 river terrace a short distance above the box canyon. Four of them 

 are very large and form a compact cluster on which stand Mr. Delgar's 

 dwelling and some of his outbuildings. Two other pueblos belonging 

 to this group lie to the west only 300 yards, and with them is the square 

 kiva. The principal pueblo on Mr. Delgar's ranch covers more than 

 G acres, and it was evidently the most important village in the Tula- 

 rosa valley. Immense deposits of rubbish surround it, indicating 

 long-continued occupancy. The Delgar group has been for many 

 years the source of Tularosa pottery, and great quantities of entire 

 specimens have been secured (broken specimens being discarded). 

 (PI. vu.) So extensive has been the work that it is almost impossible 

 to ascertain the ground plan of the pueblos. 



In general, the pueblos are oriented to the northeast; each has a 

 rounded blank wall on the west, to the rear of which is the principal 

 cemetery. Most of the houses, however, contain burials. The pot- 

 tery and art works from the Delgar group are of superior design 

 and finish, as well as of varied forms. Some copper ornaments and 

 numerous amulets of rare minerals have been found here, of which 

 several of excellent workmanship are in the collection of Mr. G. G. 

 Heye, of New York City. 



Mr. Henry Hales, of Ridgewood, N. J., visited these ruins in 1888 

 and secured a large number of relics that had been gathered by the 

 indefatigable labors of Mrs. Delgar. This collection has been dis- 

 persed, portions of it being in the National Museum and in the private 

 collections of Mr. W. J. Andrus, of Hackensack, N. J., and Mr. Heye, 

 of New York. 



See Hales in Smithsonian Report, 535, 1892. 



