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springs were cleaned, large spearheads and many other things were 

 col-lected. Some large bones which formed part of the deposits of 

 the springs were also secured. 



No. 156. Pueblos. — This ruin forms the site of the military hos- 

 pital at Fort Bayard, Grant county, X. Mex. While the foundation 

 for the hospital was being prepared, a portion of the ruin was uncov- 

 ered, and a number of artificial objects were found. Subsequently, 

 occupants of the Post secured pottery and other relics from the ruin, 

 and a few specimens were donated to the United States National 

 Museum through the courtesy of the wife of Maj. W. L. Owen, U. S. 

 Army. The ware consists of smooth and coiled vases and bowls of 

 white with red-brown and black decoration. One vase particularly 

 shows by its form, color, and decoration the influence of Casas 

 Grandes culture. 



No. 157. Pueblos. — At Silver City, X. Mex.. on bald hillocks near 

 the northern boundary are two ruins well situated for defense or 

 observation. (Bandelier, Final Eeport, pt. u, 364.) 



2. DEMING REGION a 



No. 158. Pueblo. — This ruin is located near Deming, Grant county, 

 X. Mex., not far from the house of Mr. Drew Gorman. It is a small 

 ruin and contains nothing of importance. (Duff, p. 397.) 



No. 159. Pueblo. — A large ruin is situated on the foothills of the 

 west side of Mimbres valley, opposite W. M. Taylor's store, 2 miles 

 above Gorman's. It is built of flat rock laid up with mortar. Much 

 fine pottery has been exhumed here. (Duff, p. 398.) 



No 160. Pueblo. — Near Allison ranch, above TV. M. Taylor's store. 



I have in my possession 20 feet of tine, large beads which were found in a 

 bowl taken from a grave beneath the floor of one of the rooms of this ruin ; 

 among them are 70 turquoise beads. In the same bowl were many small pol- 

 ished shells and 2 small figures, carved from shell or bone, representing toads. 

 It also contains some ::0 or 40 bracelets made from some kind of shell. These, 

 however, were all broken when they came into my possession. I have been told 

 that village or pueblo sites are found along the whole length of the upper course 

 of the Mimbres river. (Duff, p. 396.) 



No. 161. Pueblo. — Xear Wilson's windmills, 6 miles north of Dem- 

 ing, is a ruin which has been almost obliterated, but many arrow- 

 heads have been found on the site. (Duff, p. 397.) 



Nos. 162-16 If. Pueblos. — Xumerous pueblo sites, some of them quite 

 extensive, are located around the base of Black butte, 10 miles north 

 of Deming. Mr. Duff mentions also various ruins on the Mimbres, 

 between Black butte and Oldtown; also near the Southern Pacific 



■ The ruins of the Deming region were brought to notice by the late D. Francis Duff, 

 who was an earnest student of southwestern archeology. His paper, The Ruins of the 

 Mimbres Valley, American Antiquarian, xxiv, 307, 1902, has been utilized in preparing 

 the above list of ancient remains of this region, and is the work of the author which is 

 referred to throughout this section. 



