FEWKES | HISTORY 77 
dalistic markings upon it, and aside from the fact that the northeast corner is broken 
down, the walls are in tolerably good condition. Possibly the thing most to be regret- 
ted in the recent mutilations of this part of the ruin is an attempt by some one to dis- 
cover by excavation how far the foundations extend below the surface of the ground 
by undermining the northwest corner of the ruin on the outside. This excavation 
reveals the amount of weathering of the wall at the surface of the ground, butithas 
been left in such a condition that it weakens the whole corner of the building, for it 
affords an all too good opportunity for additional undermining by the atmosphere, 
rains, and like agents of erosion. 
Room B, West Room 
This chamber, which belongs to the middle triplet of rooms, being the most western 
member of the three, like its two companions has a rectangular shape, its longest 
dimension being from north to south. It has an external entrance on the west side, 
and there are indications of former artificial passageways into chambers A and E. 
There is an opening into the central chamber C, but no passable way through. The 
opening through the wall into room A, as seen from that room, has alzeady been men- 
tioned. On this side it is very much broken in the first story, but on the second, the 
upright walls of the former passageway are smooth and little broken, except in the 
upper part, near where the lintel formerly was. The wall of the chamber on the 
north side, above the former passageway, is more or less broken and looks as if it would 
tumble in at no distant date. 
The eastern wall of chamber B is higher than the western, making the additional 
story, which forms the western wall of a central chamber. While there is no passage- 
way into the central chamber © large enough to enter from this side, there are two 
openings, one above the other, in the wall. The lower of these is rectangular in shape, 
with the larger dimension horizontal; the upper is elongated, rectangular, with the 
side vertical. The size of rooms B, ©, and D is about the same, 24 feet long by a 
little over 9 broad. 
The single opening from chamber B into the south room E appears to be the enlarge- 
ment of two passageways, one on the first, the other on the second story. The former 
is almost wholly clogged up by fallen débris strewn over the floor of the chamber. 
A portion of the wall above the latter has fallen into the opening so neatly that it would 
‘seem to have been placed there. The upper part of the west chamber on the south 
side is very much broken, and traces of the upper story which probably once existed 
are difficult to discover. 
Room D, East Room 
The chamber on the east of the ruin, like its fellow B on the west, is elongated in 
a north-south direction, and plainly shows at least two stories above the present 
level. One can enter this room from the side, and from it one can readily pass into 
the central chamber C. It seems in keeping with what is known of ceremonial inclo- 
sures used by Indians at certain times, that if the central room was a sacred chamber 
or used for religious ceremonials, it very properly had an entrance from the eastern 
room and not from the others. [Fig. 10.] 
The exterior entrance to room D is enlarged by the breaking of the walls, and 
affords evidence that it was one of the principal entrances into the building. It 
opens into the chamber about midway in its length and shows well-defined lintel 
marks. On the second story the walls are more or less broken on the eastern side, 
both externally and internally. A generous passageway from the second story of room 
D into room A occupies about a fourth part of the width of the north wall. The wall 
is intact with this exception, and the position of the flooring of the chamber above 
the surface of the ground can be readily seen. The ‘‘floor groove” of the second story 
is pronounced, that on the east wall being a little lower than that on the west. The 
