672 Buschmann über die aztclifchcn Ortsnamen. 



counlry herc (p. 465), forthe extent ofseveral leagues, is covercd with tJie ruins 

 qf Buildings capable uf containing a pupulation of at least '20,000 or 30,000 

 souh: Da die Ruiuengrüppe, den obigen geogr. Dalen nach, in 30°i N. B. lie- 

 gen mufs (Clav., oben S.662 <8/r , fagt29 u ); fo ift es unerklärlich, wie Prescott 

 (III, 352) bei der Anführung von Hardy's Berichte fie in 33° N. B. fetzen 

 konnte. — A. Wisl izenus (in feinem Memoir ofa lour to north er n Mexico,... 

 in 18 i6 and 47, JVash. 1 8 48. 8° c. tab.) hat uns, nach den Nachrichten An- 

 derer, die er aber nicht nennt, einen Bericht über die Ruinen diefer Casas 

 Grandes (der 3 len Slation der Azteken, wie er auch fagt, wenn man die am 

 Gila die 2" nennt) geliefert (p. 59-60), da er felbft, fehr gegen feinen Wunfeh, 

 verhindert war fie zu befuchen. Diefer Bericht lautet: In l/ie nor/hwes/ern 

 part of l/ie State of Chihuahua sonie old ruins arc found, built, no doubt, by 

 a cultivalcd lndian tribe lhat has passed away. Thcy are hnown as Ca- 

 sas Grandes, and he near the village and crcek of the same name, between 

 Janos and Galeana. Ruins of large houses exist hcre: built of adobes and 

 wood : sauared, thrce slorics high; with a gallery ofwood, and slaircase from 

 the outsi.de; with very small rooms and narrow doors in the Upper stories, 

 bul wilhout entrance in the lower. A canal led the water of a spring to the 

 place. A sort of watch-tower Stands two leagues southwest ofit, on an ele- 

 vation commanding a wide view. Along the creeks Casas Grandes and Ja- 

 nos a long linc of lndian viounds extends, in sonie of which carthen vessels, 

 painted white, b/ue and violel , have been found; also weapons , and instru- 

 ments of stonc, but none of iron. The same arlificial conslruc/ion of houses 

 is yet found among.sl the ftloqui Indians, norlhwest of the State of Chihua- 

 hua The ruins of Casas Grandes are only distani about four days' 



travel from Cosikuiriachi, and I feit very anxious to examine ihem: but as 

 the government of Chihuahua, following the precedent of Dr. Francia in 

 Paraguay, eonsidered a scientific cxploration of the country as endungering 

 the welfare of the republic, I. had to forego the pleasure, and to confme my- 

 self to the repor/s given to mein relalion to it. 



§ 22. Eine grofse Gruppe von Ruinen, fehr ausgedehnt und merk- 

 würdig, findet lieh in Zacatecas: genannt los Edificios, 2 leguas nördlich 

 vom Flecken Villanueva, 12 leguas SSW von der Stadt Zacatecas und eine 

 kleine legua nördlich von der Hacienda la Qucmada; unter 22°26'36"N. B. 



