48 PUEBLO ARCHITECTURE. 
up to Mashongnavi [the ruin at the ‘‘Giant’s Chair”) and gave that rock its name 
[mame not known], and built our houses there. The Apache came upon us again, 
with the Comanche, and then we came to [Old Mashéngnavi]. We lived there in 
peace many years, having great success with crops, and our people increased in num- 
bers, and the Apache came in great numbers and set fire to the houses and burned 
our corn, which you will find to-day there burnt and charred. After they had de- 
stroyed our dwellings we came upon the mesa, and have lived here since. 
The ruins referred to as having been the first occupied by the Ma- 
shongnavyi at a large isolated rock known as the “Giant’s Chair,” have 
not been examined. The later village from which they were driven by 
the attacks of the Apache to their present site has been surveyed. The 
plan of the fallen walls and lines of débris by which the form of much 
of the old pueblo can still be traced is given in Pl. 1. The plan of the 
best preserved portion of the pueblo towards the north end of the sheet 
clearly indicates a general adherence to the inclosed court arrangement 
with about the same degree of irregularity that characterizes the modern 
village. Besides the clearly traceable portions of the ruin that bear 
such resemblance to the present village in arrangement, several small 
groups and clusters appear to have been scattered along the slope of the 
foothills, but in their present state of destruction it is not clear whether 
these clusters were directly connected with the principal group, or 
formed part of another village. Occasional traces of foundation walls 
strongly suggest such connection, although from the character of the 
site this intervening space could hardly have been closely built over. 
With the exception of the main cluster above described the houses oe- 
cupy very broken and irregular sites. As indicated on the plan, the 
slope is broken by huge irregular masses of sandstone protruding from 
the soil, while much of the surface is covered by scattered fragments 
that have fallen from neighboring pinnacles and ledges. The contours 
indicate the general character of the slopes over which these irregular 
features are disposed. The fragment of ledge shown on the north end 
of the plate, against which a part of the main cluster has been built, is 
a portion of a broad massive ledge of sandstone that supports the low 
buttes upon which the present villages of Mashongnavi and Shupatilovi 
are built, and continues as a broad, level shelf of solid rock for several 
miles along the mesa promontory. Its continuation on the side opposite 
that shown in the plate may be seen in the general view of Shupaulovi 
(el exexexan) 
SHITAIMUVI. 
The vestiges of another ruined village, known as Shitaimuvi, are found 
in the vicinity of Mashongnavi, occupying and covering the crown of 
a rounded foothill on the southeast side of the mesa. No plan of this 
ruin could be obtained on account of the complete destruction of the 
walls. No line of foundation stones even could be found, although the 
whole area is more or less covered with the scattered stones of former 
masonry. An exceptional quantity of pottery fragments is also strewn 
