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mens were obtained here. The people of this pueblo devote their time 

 chiefly to agricultural and pastoral pursuits, and have almost abandoned 

 the manufacture of pottery, that in use by them at the present time 

 being mostly obtained from neighboring tribes. 



From San Ildefonso we proceeded to Namb^, a pueblo which has 

 become almost extinct. The remnant of this people is situated about 

 25 miles above Ildefonso, on Kambe Creek, and not far from the base 

 of the mountains. The people of ISTamb^ have several times in years 

 past moved their pueblo higher np the stream, the valley of which fur- 

 nishes them flue agricultural and grazing grounds. They make very 

 little pottery, but we found stored in many of the houses of the village 

 great quantities of stone implements, principally large metates and 

 grinding-stones. We also found many specimens of interest among the 

 ruins of old Namb6 and Pojuaque, as well as the remains of pottery in 

 such quantities as to show that in the past the manufacture of pottery 

 had been carried on quite extensively. In this vicinity I made arrange- 

 ments with one of the employes of the party, who had resided many 

 years at Santa F6, to make excavations and collections from the old 

 sites of Namb^, Pojuaque, and Cuyamuuque, in which he was quite suc- 

 cessful. 



From the pueblos north of Santa F6 we traveled direct to Cochiti, 27 

 miles southwest of Santa Fe. This village is situated on the right 

 bank of the Eio Grande and about three miles from Pena Blanca, a 

 small Mexican town opposite. Here a very interesting collection was 

 secured consisting mostly of pottery, many of the vessels simulating 

 animal forms, variously ornamented with representations of some varie- 

 ties of the flora of the locality. A few stone implements were also 

 obtained here. 



We next visited J6mez, situated on the Eio J6mez. From thence we 

 went to Silla and Santa Ana. At each of these villages representative 

 collections were made, all of which are referred to in detail in the cata- 

 logue. 



The next villages visited were Santo Domingo and Sandia, on the Eio 

 Grande. Some characteristic specimens were obtained at each of these 

 Ijueblos. The method of their manufacture and the manner of using 

 them are generally the same as in most of the other pueblos. 



A small collection of rude stone hammers was obtained from the tur- 

 quois mine in the Cerrillo Mountains, about 25 miles from Santa F4. 



The ijroducts of this celebrated mine, which were objects of trafflc all 

 over New Mexico, as well as contiguous countries, probably formed one 

 inducement which led to the Spanish conquest of this region. The 

 turquoises from this mine have always been valued as ornaments by 

 the Indians of New Mexico, and carried far and wide for sale by them. 

 The mine was worked in a most primitive manner with these rude stone 

 hammers, a number of which were secured. 

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