ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 13 
where some time was spent at each locality in photo- 
graphing and in making plans of these and adjacent re- 
mains, as well as in a study of the formerly occupied 
caves near the mouth of Oak Creek. Crossing the rough 
country separating the upper course of Oak Creek and 
the great sandstone cliffs known as the Red Rocks, Doe- 
tor Fewkes revisited and further studied the large cliff 
dwellings, known as Honanki and Palatki, excavated by 
him in 1895. Several hitherto undescribed ruins were 
added to the list of ancient remains in this general 
vicinity. 
From the Red Rocks Doctor Fewkes returned to the 
Verde and followed that stream upward to the Jordan 
ranch, where cliff houses of an instructive character 
were photographed and studied. He also investigated on 
the hills back of Cornville certain large stone structures 
of the type known to Spanish-speaking people as trin- 
cheras, rude but massive fortifications that here begin to 
assume importance. A number of ruins hitherto unre- 
corded belonging to the cave or cliff-dwelling type were ob- 
served in the walls of Sycamore Canyon, or Dragoon Fork, 
and the outlines of stone houses were seen above the river 
terrace near the junction of Sycamore Creek and Verde 
River. A large aboriginal fort, with walls well preserved, 
was found on a height overlooking the Verde, above the 
mouth of Granite Creek, and others more nearly de- 
stroved were seen at the Baker ranch and in Hell Canyon, 
not far from Del Rio Station. Near the Baker ranch, 
a mile or two down the Verde, are the remains of a cliff 
dwelling, directly in the line ofa projected railroad, 
which will probably be destroyed when the road is con- 
structed. Doctor Fewkes also visited the ruins of several 
fragile-walled habitations, consisting of low mounds, near 
Jerome Junction and Del Rio. Although many evidences 
of such ancient dwellings are here seen, most of the foun- 
dation walls have been carried away by settlers and used 
in their own house building. 
