146 THE CLIFF RUINS OF CANYON DE CHELLY [ETH. ANN. 16 
it resembles its namesake in De Chelly, not only in the coat of white- 
wash applied to the front of the main room, but in having a subordinate 
room to the left, over 
which the wash ex- 



Yi 
is yl rer tends, and in the 
¥ jy” Gee ge x : character of the site 
W Za 8 f £ it oceupies. The 
WE & ee eee principal part of the 
Nee cr i = eee structure was built 
CEES ah he yore in a cave, 18 or 20 
mS lage ea Baers feet from the ground, 
across the front of 
which walls extended 
as in the other Casa Blanca, and, like that ruin, there are also some 
ruins at the foot of the cliff, on the flat. Figure 53 is a ground plan. 
The resemblance to the other Casa Blanca, however, goes no further. 
The ruin here illustrated represents a very small settlement, hardly 
more than half a dozen rooms in all, and there is no trace of a circular 
kiva, or other evidence of permanent habitation. It is possible that 
the space between the edge of the floor of the cave above and the 
whitened house back of it was occupied by some sort of structure, but 
no evidence now remains which would warrant such a hypothesis, except 
that the door of the white house is now about 4 feet above the ground. 
The cave is only 40 feet long and a little over 10 feet deep, and there is 
not room on the floor for more than three or four rooms, in addition to 
Fic. 51—Plan of a cluster of rooms in Canyon del Muerto. 













































































Fic. 52—White House ruin in Tseonitsosi canyon. 
those shown on the plan. The room on the right still preserves its root 
intact, showing the typical pueblo roof construction. It has a well-pre- 
served doorway, and three other openings may be seen in the main room. 
Apparently some effort at ornamentation was made here. The white- 
wash was not applied to the fronts of the two back rooms so as to cover 
