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Then they began to get restless again and some go west on the San Juan River, 
some of them come down and cross over in two places, from the north, some of these 
come by way of the Jicarilla Apache country, some come the other way by way of 
Cafion Largo, Gallinas, and the Chama. Maybe so some of them come down the 
east side of the Rio Grande. Any how, we all get here finally. Po-shu was a place 
where they hold big fairs, lots people come there to trade and have fiesta, that’s 
why you find all different kinds of pottery there. Some people afterwards move 
down and live in old Santa Clara, or Kah-Po. [The San Juan people also claim that 
the people of Po-shu came to their village.] We don’t know why all the people left 
Po-shu, but we think that they were driven out. 
The above statement was made by Aniceto Svwaso, of Santa Clara. 
It is rather doubtful that the inhabitants of Po-shu moved directly 
to the Rio Grande, as there are several villages between these points 
that the same people claim as ancestral homes of their forefathers. 
It is rather more probable that they moved from one group to the 
other for reasons that we do not know. 
As has been stated before, Po-shu shows evidences of having been 
deserted very suddenly. The people were farmers, as is shown by 
the seeds of squash, pumpkin, and gourd that were found. Charred 
corn was also found in a few of the rooms, but not-in any great. 
quantity. Meat was also used as food, and possibly the seeds of 
many of the native plants that were not cultivated. They were ex- 
cellent workers in stone and bone. ‘The artifacts show a great variety 
in these two materials. The pottery is as good as any found on the 
Jemez Plateau, and of greater variety than has ever been found be- 
fore in one place. The finding of all the different types on one level 
is possibly accounted for by what the Indians say, that the village 
was a place where great fairs were held. That there was some out- 
side influence on the pottery is very evident. This, of course, does 
not necessarily mean that the new ideas were obtained from any 
great distance, but may have been brought in by captives or visitors. 
From tradition it appears that it was the custom to kill the men of 
the enemies and take their children and women as captives, and in 
many cases these captives were assimilated into the tribe to whom 
they were captive. This would in a measure account for suggestions 
of types that were foreign to Po-shu, even though the paste is a local 
one. These influences are not as found in the villages farther east, 
and it is the writer’s opinion that Po-shu marks one of the steps in 
connecting the Rio Grande country with the country farther west, 
possibly even the San Juan drainage. Of course, it is too early to 
more than suggest that such a connection exists, but with the tradi- 
tional evidence at hand and a careful survey of the country west of 
the Chama some such result may be obtained. We are constantly 
hearing stories of ruins which lie in a line to the west and the south- 
west, and it is highly important that a full reconnaissance of this 
country be made. 
