MINDELEFF. ] OLD MASHONGNAVI RUINS. AW 
this was the site of Walpi at a date well within the historic period, 
although now literally there is not one stone upon another. The de- 
struction in this instance has probably been more than usually complete 
on account of the close proximity of the succeeding pueblo, making the 
older remains a very convenient stone quarry for the construction of the 
houses on the mesa summit. Of the three abandoned sites of Walpi re- 
ferred to, not one furnishes sufficient data for a suggestion of a ground 
plan or of the area covered. 
Fie. 2. Ruins, Old Walpi mound. 
OLD MASHONGNAVI,. 
In the case of Mashongnavi we have somewhat more abundant ma- 
terial. It will be desirable to quote a few lines of narrative from the 
account of a Mashongnayi Indian of the name of Nuvayauma, as in- 
dicating the causes that led to the occupation of the site illustrated. 
We turned and came to the north, meeting the Apache and “ Beaver Indians,” with 
whom we had many battles, and being few we were defeated, after which we came 
