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reg-ular parallelepipeds of tufa. The woodwork in it was evi- 

 dently destroyed by fire, and much charred corn is found in the 

 ruins. The average size of IIS rooms on the ground floor, which 

 are all in the pueblo with exception of about ten, is 5.0 by 2.8 

 meters (16 ft. 5 in. by 9 ft. 2 in.) This is a large area in com- 

 parison with the size of older ruins. I noticed but one estufa, and 

 the pottery bears a recent character." ' " I have been thus circum- 

 stantial in regard to the history of the Potrero Viejo [28:56], for 

 the reason that the ruins on its summit are frequently spoken 

 of as the ' old pueblo of Cochiti,' in the sense of the original 

 home of that tribe. It will be seen that this is only partially 

 correct. The oldest ruins on the mesa [28:56], which hardly 

 attract any attention, are those of a prehistoric Queres [Kere'san] 

 pueblo [Kotfetefovia [28:unlocated]]; the striking well preserved 

 ones [28:58] are those of a village built after the year 16S3, and 

 abandoned in April, 1694."^ The history of this ruin is given by 

 Bandolier.^ The location of the ruin is very well known to 

 Indians and Mexicans living about Cochiti. It is shown on the 

 map according to information furnished Ijy Indian informants 

 and others. Mr. Benham, of Domingo, New Mexico, informs 

 the writer that he has found bits of molten copper in the ruins. 

 The ruin, as Bandelier states, is called 'old Cochiti', although 

 this designation refers projierly to the much older ruin on the 

 same mesa; see Cochiti Kotfefefoma [28:unlocated]. Hewett 

 does not distinguish between the ancient ruin [28:unlocated] and 

 the ruin of the pueblo built and occupied between the years 1683 

 and 169-1 [28:58], for he writes merely: "Les grandes mines de 

 Kotyiti, sur une haute colline dominant la vallee du meme nom. 

 Ce pueblo f ut occupe pendant la periode historique par les ancltres 

 de la tribu actuelle de Cochiti.'"^ "K'otyit': this site is also in 

 Canada de Cochiti [28:52], a few miles above Qoapa [28:61]. It 

 is the true 'Old Cochiti'. For this we have traditionar3' evi- 

 dence and the firm basis of documentary history. The place is 

 well known to the Cochitenos as their home up to the time of its 

 destruction by the Spaniards. For the authentic history of this 

 period we are indebted to Bandelier.^ After the destruction of 

 Old K'otyit' the present pueblo [28:77] of the same name (now 

 permanently corrupted into 'Cochiti' [in Span, and Eng.]) was 

 built on the banks of the Rio Grande. This town has probably 

 nearly held its own in population since the removal. Knowing 

 something of it from the time of the occupancy of old K'otyit*, 



1 Bandolier, Final Report, pt. n, p. 167, 1S92. sibid., pp. 164-78. 



= Ibid., p. 178. i Hewett, Communautcs, p. 47, 1908. 



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