730 MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



Guatemala and Nicaragua and found, as far as the Istlimus of Tebuau- 

 tepec' 



This view coincides with the conclusion of all the leading archeoh»- 

 gists of the present day. Nor could they reach any other decision if 

 led by the data which is conclusive on this point. 



That the ruined i>ueblos of New Mexico and Arizona are attribu- 

 table to the ancestors of the sedentary tribes of those sections is not 

 questioned. It is also now conceded that the cave and difl' dwellings 

 and other remains of that region are attributable to the ancestors of 

 the present Pueblo tribes. 



While it does not necessarily follow that because this is true in 

 regard to some sections it must be true in reference to all, yet it fur- 

 nishes a reason for concluding that the remains of the mound section 

 are due to the ancestors of the Indians of that section, especially as 

 they are the only pre-Columbian inhabitants of that region of which 

 we have anj^ linowledge. 



' L'Amerique Prebistoriqne, p. 264. 



