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furnished wjiter to a iiei,i>:hboriuj;- pueblo." Wlien the Hopis went 

 bat'k and forth to the Littk' Colorado, in ancient times, before Hol- 

 brook was built, they took the shorter route to Iloniolobi. That in 

 their eomnnmieation with Zufii they did not use this trail to the river 

 is evident, for the Zuni trail strikes the railroad far to the east. 



Both Ilopis and Zunis in their intercommunication used the trail 

 through Kintiel, because there was nothing to invite them any other 

 way. The gateway of modern Tusayan to the southern settlements 

 was past Big and Little Burro springs, fi-oni Ilomolobi, and if we 

 follow that trail we pass nuiny ruins, for the simple reason that it 

 i.s the ancient route of migration. Pueblo Indians, in their journeys, 

 go from pueblo to jjueblo, stopping for entertainment, so wherever 

 we find an ancient trail, there we may exiiect to find at intervals the 

 ruins of old villages. 



Objects from Woodruff Butte 



One of the most conspicuous nmuutains south of Ilolbrook, visible 

 for some distance along the railroad, is a conical butte called the Pieta 

 mountain or Woodruff butte. 

 It was not the author's good 

 fortune to visit its summit, but 

 he obtained by purchase a few 

 specimens from that place. 



The most intere.stin"' of these Fig-SJ. Stoue birds from Woodruff l.uttei number 

 ''^. . ' 17T898;. 



were two small stone fetishes or 



bird efBgies (see figure 85); there were also some pendants, a few 

 beads, and other ornaments. The bird etfigies were vei\v .skillfully 

 carved of stone, and were perforated, evidently for suspension. They 

 may have served as fetishes, for they closely resemble similar carved 

 objects which are commonlj' sold at Zuiii. 



Ancient Habitations in the Petrified Forest 



Learning that there were evidences of ruins in the famous petrified 

 forest of Arizona, near Ilolbrook, the author nuxde two visits to it and 

 examined a number of ancient mounds within its area. Xone of the 

 ruins which were seen gave evidence of large size or of a considerable 

 popxilat ion. Many fragments of pottery i-esembling ancient Zuhi ware 

 were found, and a few stone implements and metates were picked up 

 on the sui-face of the ground, but the number was too small to 

 encourage extended excavations in any of the small ruined house 

 clusters which exist in this locality. 



An Indian burial was found on the highest point of one of those 

 strange hillocks of the "bad lands" in which the forest is situated, 



"The reader is reminded that this I'eport was written in 1898. Dr Hough's important dis- 

 coveries in this region were made in 1901 (see Report of the U. S. National Museum for 1901, 

 p. 279-31ijj. 



