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RUINS ON CLEAR CREEK. 



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ground lAnn is peculiar. The rooms were arranged in four rows, each 

 row consisting of a line of single rooms, and the rows were placed 

 approximately at right angles to one another, forming the four sides of 

 a hollow square. The rooms are generally oblong, of the usual dimen- 

 sions, and as a rule placed with their longer axes iu the direction of the 

 row. Several rooms occur, however, with their longer axes placed 

 across the row. Thirty-eight rooms can still be traced, and there is no 



KiG. 285 — (j^round ])lau of ruiu on southern aide of Clear creek. 



likelihood that there were ever more than forty, or that any of the 

 rooms attained a greater height than one story. The population, 

 therefore, was probably never much in excess of tifty persons, or ten 

 to twelve families. 



It will be noticed that the wall lines are only approximately rectan- 

 gular. The outside dimensions of the village are as follows : North- 

 eastern side, 203 feet; southwestern, 207 feet; southeastern, 182 feet; 



