XXIV ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 
several kinds of bone were also found, representing the elk, 
deer, wolf, badger, rabbit, and some other animals. 
The ruins about 15 miles southeast of Flagstaff are sim- 
ilar to those in Canon de Chelly. These ruins are extensive 
and are built on terraces in the side of Walnut Canon. ‘They 
differ, however, from the cliff dwellings of Canon de Chelly in 
construction. The doors are large and extend from the ground 
up to a sufficient height to admit a man without stooping. The 
rooms are large and the walls are 2 to 4 feet thick. The fire- 
places are in one corner of the room on an elevated rock, 
and the smoke can only escape through the door. The ma- 
sonry compares favorably with any employed in the construc- 
tion of the best villages in Canon de Chelly. Many objects of 
interest were found in the débris around and in these houses. 
Matting, sandals, spindle whorls, and stone implements of 
various kinds abound. The ruins in the vicinity of Flagstaff 
were ascertained to be of sufficient value to require further 
investigation. 
WORK OF MR. VICTOR MINDELEFF. 
In the latter part of August a party in charge of Mr. Vic- 
tor Mindeleff was ordered to the field, and camp was formed 
about the middle of September at the ruined pueblo of Kin- 
Tiel, 24 miles south of Pueblo Colorado, Arizona. A large 
scale ground plan was made of this excellently preserved old 
pueblo, together with contours of the irregular site on which it 
is built, and a full series of photographs was obtained. While 
here several excavations were made in and around the ruined 
village, from which a number of interesting specimens of bone, 
stone, and pottery were secured. One undisturbed burial was 
found, from which a skeleton and two bowls were taken. 
A noticeable object met with in excavating a marginal room of 
the pueblo was a circular doorway, made of a single slab of 
sandstone pierced by a large round hole. This specimen was 
taken out entire from its place in the wall and is now in the 
National Museum. A small ruin, known by the Navajo name 
of Kinna-Zinde, a few miles from Kin-Tiel, was examined and 
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