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water is found at no great distance from the pueblo. Springs may also 
have formerly existed near the village, but this reservoir, located where 
the drainage of a large area discharges, must have materially increased 
the water supply. The basin or depression is about 110 feet in diame- 
ter and its present depth in the center is about 4 feet; but it has un- 
doubtedly been filled in by sediment since its abandonment. More 
than half of its circumference was originally walled in, but at the pres- 
ent time the old masonry is indicated only by an interrupted row of 
large foundation stones and fallen masonry. Some large stones, appar- 
ently undisturbed portions of the mesa edge, have been incorporated 
into the inclosing masonry. The Indians stated that originally the 
bottom of this basin was lined with stones, but these statements could 
not be verified. Without excavation on the upper side, the basin faded 
imperceptibly into the rising ground of the surrounding drainage. 
Other examples of these basin reservoirs are met with in this region. 
CHALOWE., 
About 15° north of west trom Hawikuh, and distant 14 miles from it, 
begins the series of ruins called Chalowe. They are located on two low 
elevations or foothills extending in a southwestern direction from the 
group of hills, upon whose eastern extremity Hawikuh is built. The 
southernmost of the series covers a roughly circular area about 40 feet 
in diameter. Another cluster, measuring about 30 feet by 20, lies im- 
mediately north of it, with an intervening depression of a foot or so. 
About 475 feet northwest occurs a group of three rooms situated on a 
slight rise. A little east of north and a half a mile distant from the 
latter is a small hill, upon which is located a cluster of about the same 
form and dimensions as the one first described. Several more vaguely 
defined clusters are traceable near this last one, but they are all of 
small dimensions. 
This widely scattered series of dwelling clusters, according to the 
traditional accounts, belonged to one tribe, which was known by the 
general name of Chalowe. It is said to have been inhabited at the 
time of the first arrival of the Spaniards. The general character and 
arrangement however, are so different from the prevailing type in this 
region that it seems hardly probable that it belonged to the same people 
and the same age as the other ruins. 
No standing walls are found in any portion of the group, and the 
small amount of scattered masonry suggests that the rooms were only 
one story high. Yet the débris of masonry may have been largely 
covered up by drifting sand. Now it is hardly possible to trace the 
rooms, and over most of the area only scattered stones mark the posi- 
tions of the groups of dwellings. 
HAMPASSAWAN. 
Of the village of Hampassawan, which is said traditionally to have 
been one of the seven cities of Cibola visited by Coronado, nothing now 
