210 ANTIQUITIES OF THE VERDE AND WALNUT CREEK [pru. ann. 28 
found in the ruins on the river terrace above Mr. Ainsworth’s ranch 
and in the neighborhood of Mr. Peter Marx’s house. Although, as 
is commonly the case, the fragments of skeletons are locally supposed 
to have belonged to giants, the few bones examined by the author 
were of the same size and had the same general characters as those 
found elsewhere in the Southwest. Rings of stones indicating human 
burials are prominent just outside the fort above Mr. Shook’s house 
and in the gravel of the river terrace not far from the residence 
of Mr. Ainsworth. ; 
Fort BELow AztTEc Pass 
A short distance from Mr. William Johnson’s ranch house on the 
road to Drew’s ranch, on the right bank, rises a steep hill, 100 feet 
high, on which is situated the best-preserved fort in the Walnut Creek 
region. This is probably the ‘‘pueblo”’ mentioned by Whipple, pos- 
sibly one of the structures that gave the name Pueblo Creek to the 
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Fig. 65. Ground plan of fort below Aztee Pass. 
stream now called Walnut Creek. The fort commands a view up 
and down the valley from Aztec Pass to the fort near Shook’s ranch, 
and beyond. 
The accompanying illustrations (pls. 95-97) show the present ap- 
pearance of this fort and the steepness of the hill from the side toward 
Walnut Creek; on account of the trees on the summit the ruin is 
almost invisible. 
The walls are oriented east and west (fig. 65), the northern and 
southern sides bemg the longer. Although seemingly rectangular 
in outline, the northern side, measuring (inside) 80 feet in length, is 
5 feet longer than the southern side. The eastern and western sides 
are respectively 30 and 25 feet in length. The average thickness of 
the walls is 4 feet and their height 6 feet. 
At present the walls are in almost the same condition as when con- 
structed. Except at the northeastern and northwestern corners, 
