FEWKES] THE DESTRUCTION OF SIKYATKI 635 
There appears to be no good evidence that Sikyatki was destroyed 
by fire, nor would it seem that it was gradually abandoned. The larger 
beams of the houses have disappeared from many rooms, evidently 
having been appropriated in building or enlarging other pueblos. 
There is nothing to show that any considerable massacre of the 
people took place when the village was destroyed, in which respect it 
differs considerably from Awatobi. There is little doubt that many 
Sikyatki women were appropriated by the Walpians, and in support of 
this it is stated that the Kokop people of the present Walpi are the 
descendants of the people of that clan who dwelt at Sikyatki. This 
conclusion is further substantiated by the statements of one of the 
oldest members of the Kokop phratry who frequently visited me while 
the excavations were in progress. 
The destruction of Sikyatki and its consequent abandonment doubt- 
less occurred betore the Spaniards obtained a foothold in the country. 
The aged Hopi folklorists insist that such is the case, and the excaya- 
tions did not reveal any evidence to the contrary. If we add to the 
negative testimony that Sikyatki is not mentioned in any of the early 
writings, and that no fragment of metal, glass, or Spanish glazed pottery 
has been taken from it, we appear to have substantial proof of its 
prehistoric character. 
In the early times when Sikyatki was a flourishing pueblo, Walpi 
was still a small settlement on the terrace of the mesa just below the 
present town that bears its name. Two ruins are pointed out as the 
sites of Old Walpi, one to the northward of the modern town, and a 
second more to the westward. The former is called at present the Ash- 
heap house or pueblo, the latter Kisakobi. It is said that the people 
whose ancestors formed the nucleus of the more northerly town moved 
from there to Kisakobi on account of the cold weather, for it was too 
much in the shadow of the mesa. Its general appearance would indi- 
cate it to be older than the more westerly ruin, higher up on the 
mesa. It was a pueblo of some size, and was situated on the edge 
of the terrace. The refuse from the settlement was thrown over the 
edge of the decline, where it accumulated in great quantities. This 
débris contains many fragments of characteristic pottery, similar to 
that from Sikyatki, and would well repay systematic investigation. 
No walls of the old town rise more than a few feet above the surface, 
for most of the stones have long ago been used in rebuilding the pueblo 
on other sites. Kisakobi was situated higher up on the mesa, and 
bears every appearance of being more modern than the ruin below. 
Its site may readily be seen from the road to Keam’s canyon, on the ter- 
race-like prolongation of the mesa. Some of the walls are still erect, 
and the house visible for a great distance is part of the old pueblo. 
This, I believe, was the site of Walpi at the time the Spaniards visited 
Tusayan, and I have found here a fragment of pottery which I believe 
is of Spanish origin. The ancient pueblo crowned the ridge of the ter- 
