﻿OF 
  THE 
  BUREAU 
  OP 
  ETHNOLOGY. 
  XXI 
  

  

  grate, 
  and 
  the 
  harder 
  sandstones 
  and 
  limestones 
  remain. 
  Thus 
  

   broad 
  shelves 
  are 
  formed 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of* 
  the 
  cliffs, 
  and 
  these 
  

   shelves, 
  or 
  the 
  deep 
  recesses 
  between 
  them, 
  were 
  utilized, 
  so 
  

   that 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  village 
  of 
  cliff 
  dwellings. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  

   hundred 
  rooms 
  altogether. 
  The 
  rooms 
  are 
  of 
  sandstone, 
  pretty 
  

   carefully 
  worked 
  and 
  laid 
  in 
  mortar, 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  

   rooms 
  was 
  plastered. 
  The 
  opening 
  for 
  the 
  chimney 
  was 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  entrance, 
  and 
  the 
  ceilings 
  of 
  the 
  rooms 
  

   are 
  still 
  blackened 
  with 
  soot 
  and 
  smoke. 
  Around 
  this 
  village 
  

   on 
  the 
  terrace 
  of 
  the 
  canyon, 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  potsherds, 
  stone 
  

   implements, 
  and 
  implements 
  of 
  bone, 
  horn, 
  and 
  wood 
  were 
  

   found; 
  and 
  here, 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  ruins 
  mentioned, 
  corn- 
  

   cobs 
  in 
  great 
  abundance 
  were 
  discovered. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  principal 
  ruins 
  thus 
  described 
  many 
  

   others 
  are 
  found, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  pueblo 
  

   type. 
  From 
  the 
  evidence 
  presented 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  they 
  

   had 
  all 
  been 
  occupied 
  at 
  a 
  comparatively 
  late 
  date. 
  They 
  

   were 
  certainly 
  not 
  abandoned 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  centu- 
  

   ries 
  ago. 
  

  

  Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  Director 
  visited 
  the 
  Supai 
  Indians 
  of 
  

   Cataract 
  Canyon, 
  and 
  was 
  informed 
  by 
  them 
  that 
  their 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  home 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  up 
  not 
  many 
  generations 
  ago, 
  and 
  

   that 
  their 
  ancestors 
  occupied 
  the 
  ruins 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  de- 
  

   scribed; 
  and 
  they 
  gave 
  such 
  a 
  circumstantial 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   occupation 
  and 
  of 
  their 
  expulsion 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards, 
  that 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  can 
  be 
  entertained 
  of 
  the 
  truth 
  of 
  their 
  traditions 
  in 
  

   this 
  respect. 
  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  Cataract 
  Canyon 
  doubtless 
  lived 
  

   on 
  the 
  north, 
  east, 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco 
  Mountain 
  at 
  

   the 
  time 
  this 
  country 
  was 
  discovered 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards, 
  and 
  

   they 
  subsequently 
  left 
  their 
  cliff 
  and 
  cavate 
  dwellings 
  and 
  

   moved 
  into 
  Cataract 
  ( 
  'anyon, 
  where 
  they 
  now 
  live. 
  It 
  is 
  thus 
  

   seen 
  that 
  these 
  cliff 
  anil 
  cavate 
  dwellings 
  are 
  not 
  of 
  an 
  ancient 
  

   prehistoric 
  time, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  wei-e 
  occupied 
  by 
  a 
  people 
  still 
  

   existing, 
  who 
  also 
  built 
  pueblos 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  type. 
  

  

  Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  party 
  visited 
  the 
  cavate 
  ruins 
  near 
  

   Santa 
  Clara, 
  previously 
  explored 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stevenson. 
  Here, 
  on 
  

   the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  del 
  Norte, 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  

   system 
  of 
  volcanic 
  peaks, 
  constituting 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  