32 TWO summers' work in pueblo ruins [eth. ANN. -22 



This description may well apply to the mouth of the Chevlon in 

 the month of Au.tfust, when heavy rains are common, but in June the 

 Little Colorado was repeatedly crossed near this point with the great- 

 est ease, there being only a small rivulet to ford. Later, however, the 

 river became a raging torrent, as the author found in attempting to 

 ford it on the trip to the Tusayan villages in July. 



The burials at Chevlon resemble those at Ilomolobi, and are simi- 

 larly situated with i-elation to the ruin. Like those of the first ruin 

 of Ilomolobi, interments were found in the lai'gest number just out- 

 side the outer walls of the pueblo, and at different depths. The 

 configuration of the site of the ruin naturally Introduced some 

 modifications in the character of Ihc burials. The drifting sand 

 has buried them somewhat deeper at Chevlon than at Ilomolobi. 



No evidence of the cremation of the dead was discovered in the 

 Chevlon I'uin, at Ilomolobi, or in the ruins at Chaves pass. The dead 

 in these three i-uins were as a rule extended at full length, and not, as 

 at Awatol)i, placed in a sitting position. 



THE CHAVES PASS KUIN (TCUBKWITCALOBI) 



Looking southward from Winslow one can see in the distance a 

 high range of mountains which separates the valley of the Little Colo- 

 rado river from that of the tributaries of the Salt and the Gila. This 

 range is broken at one point by a pass through which, in old times, 

 there was a trail used by Indians in trading excursions and migra- 

 tions. It is called Chaves pass, from an old Arizonan named Chaves 

 who was kille<l by Apaches near by. A small wooden cross in the 

 open plain at the entrance of the pass is said to mark his burial place, 

 and there are many other unmarked graves of white men who have 

 lost their lives in this neighborhood. 



By taking the road south from Winslow one passes over a hillj' 

 country continually rising, with Chevlon liutte far to the left, and, 

 skirting Clear creek, follows it to Sunset jjass, which is clearly visi- 

 ble fi-om Winslow. Beyond Sunset pass, where dwarf cedars afford 

 a refreshing <'hange from the treeless wastes about Win.slow, the road, 

 still I'ising, enters a well-woo<led country between Sunset and Chaves 

 passes. The road now becomes rougher, rising rapidly, witli tall 

 l)ines on all sides, until it passes an old well near the remains of 

 a deserted cabin. This well is situated in Chaves pass, and there the 

 j-oad divides, one division continuing to Mormon lake and Rattlesnake 

 tanks, where there is said to be a ruin of considerable size, and ulti- 

 mately to the Verde valley, the ruins in which are numerous and 

 extensive, the other to the Tonto basin. 



Two ruins lie on the hills above the pass; one, the smaller, is the 

 first approached on the right-hand side; the other is so placed as to 

 force the traveler out of his way, the road wiiuling about it. Both 



