MINDELEFF. | KIN-TIEL. it 
trail on the south side; this, however, was lower, being almost at the 
foot of the talus. 
In addition to these water sourees, the builders collected and stored 
the drainage of the mesa summit near the southern gap or recess. At 
this point are still seen the remains of two reservoirs or dams built of 
heavy masonry. Only a few stones are now in place, but these indicate 
unusually massive construction. Another reservoir occurs farther along 
the mesa rim to the southeast, beyond the limits of the plan as given. 
As may be seen from the plan (PI. LX) the two reservoirs at the gap 
are quite close together. These receptacles have been much filled up 
with sediment. PI]. LXI gives a view of the principal or western- 
most reservoir as seen from the northeast. On the left are the large 
stones once incorporated in the masonry of the dam. This masonry 
appears to have originally extended around three-fourths of the cireum- 
ference of the reservoir. As at Ketchipauan, previously described, the 
upper portion of the basins merged insensibly into the general drainage 
and had no definite limit. 
The Zuni claim to have here practiced a curious method of water 
storage. They say that whenever there was snow on the ground the 
villagers would turn out in force and roll up huge snowballs, which 
were finally collected into these basins, the gradually melting snow 
furnishing a considerable quantity of water. The desert environment 
has taught these people to avail themselves of every expedient that 
could increase their supply of water. ; 
It is proper to state that in the illustrated plan of the Taaaiyalana 
ruins the mesa margin was sketched in without the aid of instrumental 
sights, and hence is not so accurately recorded as the plans and relative 
positions of the houses. It was all that could be done at the time, and 
will sufficiently illustrate the general relation of the buildings to the 
surrounding topography. 
KIN-TIEL. 
All the ruins above described bear close traditional and historic rela- 
tionship to Zuni. This is not the case with the splendidly preserved 
ancient pueblo of Kin-tiel, but the absence of such close historic con- 
nection is compensated for by its architectural interest. Differing rad- 
ically in its general plan from the ruins already examined, it still sug- 
gests that some resemblance to the more ancient portions of Nutria and 
Pescado, as will be seen by comparing the ground plans (Pls. LXVvII 
and Lx1x). Its state of preservation is such that it throws light on 
details which have not survived the general destruction in the other 
pueblos. These features will be referred to in the discussion and com- 
parison of these architectural groups by constructional details in Chap- 
ter Iv. 
This pueblo, located nearly midway between Cibola and Tusayan, is 
given on some of the maps as Pueblo Grande. It is situated on a small 
