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people. Kino recorded that when they arrived at the Gila they found 

 mounds which indicated ancient dwellings, but what information the 

 Sobaipuri gave him about these mounds is not mentioned in the diary, 

 and almost a century later the same jieople ascribed ruins on the Gila 

 to the Mokis. 



Up to the advent of the Apaches there was considerable trade 

 between the Mokis and Sobaipuris, which was fostered by fairs (ferias) 

 which the Hopi came .as far as the valley of the San Pedro to attend. 

 They appear to have visited Taibanipita, an ancient settlement near 

 the modern city. Tombstone. But the Apaches in their inroads cut off 

 communication between the Sobaii)uri and Mokis by occupying a ford 

 by which the ancient trail crossed the Gila River. There is abundant 

 archneological evidence to show that trade relations between the people 

 of the Little Colorado and Gila basins existed in prehistoric times, and 

 the Mokis were acquainted with the tribes south of the mountains. 



A peculiar kind of pottery which is common in the Pueblo Viejo 

 Valley and in the southern ruins of the Colorado Chiquito is a coiled 

 ware with rough decorated exterior. The inner surface is a glossy 

 black. This kind of pottery is unknown at Sikyatki, is common at 

 Four-Mile Euin, and has been found at Homolobi and Chaves Pass. 



The characteristic Gila pottery, which is a light gray ware with 

 black decoration on a red base, has been found by me at Four-Mile 

 Euiu, near Taylor, but it is absent in ruins farther down the Colorado 

 Chiquito at Homolobi and Chevlon. 



The decoration of pottery with human or animal designs, which was 

 so prominent a feature north of the Mogollons in the Little Colorado 

 watershed, has disappeared south of the mountains and its place taken 

 by figures in relief. The geometrical patterns were, however, similar 

 in the two regions. 



The symbolism on the decorated pottery of the Pueblo Viejo ruins is 

 the same as that farther down the Gila, and remotely related to that of 

 the Little Colorado and its tributaries. 



