﻿XXIV 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OK 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  

  

  upon 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  mesas; 
  that 
  there 
  came 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  

   they 
  were 
  at 
  war 
  with 
  the 
  Apaches 
  and 
  Navajos, 
  when 
  they 
  

   abandoned 
  their 
  stone 
  pueblos 
  above 
  and 
  for 
  greater 
  protection 
  

   excavated 
  the 
  chambers 
  in 
  the 
  clitf's 
  below; 
  that 
  when 
  this 
  war 
  

   ended 
  part 
  of 
  them 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  pueblos 
  above, 
  which 
  were 
  

   rebuilt; 
  that 
  there 
  afterward 
  came 
  another 
  war, 
  with 
  the 
  Co- 
  

   manche 
  Indians, 
  and 
  they 
  once 
  more 
  resorted 
  to 
  cliff 
  dwellings. 
  

   At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  war 
  the}' 
  built 
  a 
  pueblo 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rio 
  Grande, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  invasion 
  of 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  

   their 
  people 
  refused 
  to 
  be 
  baptized, 
  and 
  a 
  Spanish 
  army 
  was 
  

   sent 
  against 
  them, 
  when 
  they 
  abandoned 
  the 
  valley 
  below 
  and 
  

   once 
  more 
  inhabited 
  the 
  cliff 
  dwellings 
  above. 
  Here 
  they 
  

   lived 
  many 
  years, 
  until 
  at 
  last 
  a 
  wise 
  and 
  good 
  priest 
  brought 
  

   them 
  peace, 
  and 
  persuaded 
  them 
  to 
  build 
  the 
  pueblo 
  which 
  

   they 
  now 
  occupy 
  — 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Santa 
  Clara, 
  The 
  ruin 
  of 
  

   the 
  pueblo 
  which 
  they 
  occupied 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  invasion 
  of 
  the 
  

   Spaniards 
  is 
  still 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  

   present 
  pueblo. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  thus 
  briefly 
  given 
  was 
  repeated 
  by 
  the 
  governor 
  

   and 
  by 
  other 
  persons, 
  all 
  substantially 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  effect. 
  It 
  

   is 
  therefore 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  eavate 
  dwellings 
  of 
  the 
  Santa 
  Clara 
  

   region 
  belong 
  to 
  a 
  people 
  still 
  extant; 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  of 
  

   great 
  antiquity, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  give 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  prehistoric 
  and 
  

   now 
  extinct 
  race. 
  

  

  Plans 
  and 
  measurements 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  villages 
  

   with 
  sufficient 
  accuracy 
  to 
  prepare 
  models. 
  Photographic 
  

   views 
  and 
  sketches 
  were 
  also 
  procured 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  illus- 
  

   trate 
  a 
  detailed 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  to 
  be 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  

   Bureau. 
  

  

  WORK 
  OF 
  MR. 
  JAMES 
  STEVENSON. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  investigations 
  made 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  the 
  Direc- 
  

   tor, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  above, 
  Mr. 
  Stevenson 
  proceeded 
  with 
  a 
  

   party 
  to 
  the 
  ancient 
  province 
  of 
  Tusayan, 
  in 
  Arizona, 
  to 
  study 
  

   the 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  Mold 
  tribes, 
  its 
  inhabitants, 
  and 
  to 
  

   make 
  collections 
  of 
  such 
  implements 
  and 
  utensils 
  as 
  illustrate 
  

   their 
  arts 
  and 
  industries. 
  Several 
  months 
  were 
  spent 
  among 
  

   the 
  villages, 
  resulting 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  rare 
  objects, 
  all 
  

   of 
  which 
  were 
  selected 
  with 
  special 
  reference 
  to 
  their 
  anthro- 
  

  

  