92 PUEBLO ARCHITECTURE. 
arm of the Pueblo Colorado wash, 22 or 23 miles north of Navajo Springs, 
and about the same distance south from Pueblo Colorado (Ganado post- 
office). Geographically the ruins might belong to either Tusayan or 
Cibola, but Mr. Cushing has collected traditional references among the 
Zuni as to the occupation of this pueblo by related peoples at a time 
not far removed from the first Spanish visit to this region. 
The plan (Pl. Lx) shows a marked contrast to the irregularity seen 
in the ruins previously described. The pueblo was clearly defined by 
a continuous and unbroken outer wall, which probably extended to the 
full height of the highest stories (Pl. Lx1v). This symmetrical form is 
all the more remarkable in a pueblo of such large dimensions, as, with 
the exception of Pueblo Bonito of the Chaco group, it is the largest 
ancient pueblo examined by this Bureau. This village seems to belong 
to the same type as the Chaco examples, representing the highest de- 
velopment attained in building a large defensive pueblo practically as 
a single house. All the terraces faced upon one or more inclosed courts, 
through which access was gained to the rooms. The openings in this 
outer wall, especially near the ground, were few in number and very 
small in size, as shown in Pl. cry. The pueblo was built in two wings 
of nearly equal size on the opposite slopes of a large sandy wash, trav- 
ersing its center from east to west. This wash doubtless at one time 
furnished peculiar facilities for storage of water within or near the vil- 
lage, and this must have been one of the inducements for the selection 
of the site. At the time of our survey, however, not a drop of water 
was to be found about the ruin, nor could vestiges of any construction 
for gathering or storing water be traced. Such vestiges would not be 
likely to remain, as they must have been washed away by the violent 
summer torrents or buried under the accumulating sands. Two seasons 
subsequent to our work at this point it was learned that an American, 
digging in some rooms on the arroyo margin, discovered the remains of 
a well or reservoir, which he cleared of sand and débris and found to 
be in good condition, furnishing so steady a water supply that the dis- 
coverer settled on the spot. This was not seen by the writer. There 
is a small spring, perhaps a mile from the pueblo in a northeasterly 
direction, but this source would have been wholly insufficient for the 
needs of so large a village. It may have furnished a much more abun- 
dant supply, however, when it was in constant use, for at the time of our 
visit it seemed to be choked up. About a mile and a half west quite a 
lagoon forms from the collected drainage of several broad valleys, and 
contains water for a long time after the cessation of the rains. About 
6 miles to the north, in a depression of a broad valley, an extensive lake 
is situated, and its supply seems to be constant throughout the year, 
except, perhaps, during an unusually dry season. These various bodies 
of water were undoubtedly utilized in the horticulture of the occupants 
of Kin-tiel; in fact, near the borders of the larger lake referred to is a 
small house of two rooms, much similar in workmanship to the main 
