or” 
MORGAN.] ROOM IN MOKI HOUSE. 143 
strong and compact as could well be devised, but as the court is common, 
and the landings are separated by no partitions, it involves a certain com- 
munity of residence.”! 
This account leaves a doubt whether the stories receded from the 
inclosed court outward, or from the exterior inward. Lieutenant Ives does 
not state that he passed through the building into the court and ascended 
to the first platform from within, and yet the remainder of the description 
seems to imply that he did, and that the structure occupied but three sides 
of the court, since he states that “the houses are three rooms deep and 
open upon the interior court.” The structure was three stories high. 
Fig. 26.—Room in Moki House. 
The above engraving was prepared for an article by Maj. Powell, on 
these Indians. Two rooms are shown together, apparently by leaving out 
the wooden partition which separated them, showing an extent of at least 
thirty feet. The large earthen water-jars are interesting specimens of Moki 
1 Colorado Exploring Expedition, p. 121. 
