56 PUEBLO ARCHITECTURE. 
There is quite an extensive view from the ruin, the top —* the butte 
commanding an outlook down the valley past Oraibi, about 5 
miles north. There is also an extended outlook up the + lowed 
by the wagon road above referred to, and over two branch ys, one 
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on the east and another of much less extent on the west. “Le site was 
well adapted for defense, which must have been one of the »rincipal 
motives for its selection. 
KWAITUKI. 
The ruin known to the Tusayan as Kwaituki (Fig. 6) is also on the 
west side of the Oraibi wash, 14 miles above Oraibi, and about 7 
miles above the ruin last described. Its general resemblance the 
latter is very striking. The builders have apparently been actuatea uy 
Fic. 6. Ruin 14 miles north of Oraibi (Kwaituki). 
the same motives in their choice of a site, and their manner of utilizing 
it corresponds very closely. The crowning feature of the rocky knoll in 
this case is a picturesque group of rectangular masses of sandstone, 
somewhat irregularly distributed. The bare summit of a large block-like 
mass still retains the vestiges of rooms, and probably most of the groups 
were at one time covered with buildings, forming a prominent citadel- 
like group in the midst of the village. To the north of this rocky butte 
a large area seems to have been at one time inclosed by buildings, form- 
ing acourt of unusual dimensions. Along the outer margin of the pueble 
