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  and 
  excellent 
  water. 
  Two 
  or 
  three 
  miles 
  below, 
  in 
  the 
  canon 
  of 
  the 
  

   main 
  stream, 
  was 
  a 
  well-preserved 
  two-story 
  house, 
  standing 
  upon 
  a 
  

   bench 
  elevated 
  fifty 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  valley, 
  and 
  overhung 
  by 
  a 
  great 
  roof 
  

   of 
  rock 
  that 
  effectually 
  shielded 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  storms. 
  Near 
  by 
  was 
  a 
  

   great 
  natural 
  reservoir 
  filled 
  with 
  good 
  water. 
  Another 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  

   miles, 
  and 
  the 
  caiion 
  of 
  the 
  De 
  Chelly 
  opened 
  out 
  into 
  a 
  great 
  valley, 
  

   from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  miles 
  in 
  width, 
  and 
  extending 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  caiion 
  near 
  Fort 
  Defiance. 
  Twenty-five 
  to 
  thirty-five 
  miles 
  above 
  

   the 
  Bonito 
  are 
  some 
  peculiar 
  table-rocks 
  and 
  monuments 
  that 
  form 
  not- 
  

   able 
  landmarks. 
  The 
  ruins 
  are 
  now 
  scarce, 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  being 
  met 
  with 
  

   ju 
  the 
  caves 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley. 
  The 
  bottom-lands 
  bear 
  the 
  im- 
  

   press 
  of 
  very 
  numerous 
  ruins, 
  adobe, 
  very 
  likely, 
  that 
  are 
  now 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  obliterated, 
  and 
  would 
  hardly 
  be 
  noticed 
  were 
  it 
  not 
  for 
  the 
  

   broken 
  pottery. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Be 
  Chelly, 
  the 
  trail 
  turned 
  off 
  to 
  the 
  

   southwest, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  white 
  mesa. 
  Taking 
  

   only 
  two 
  others, 
  Mr. 
  Barber, 
  and 
  Lee, 
  the 
  guide, 
  and 
  sending 
  the 
  re- 
  

   mainder 
  of 
  the 
  train 
  back 
  some 
  fifty 
  miles, 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  suitable 
  

   grazing, 
  Mr 
  Jackson 
  continued 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  Moquis 
  Pueblo, 
  seventy-five 
  

   miles 
  distant, 
  with 
  only 
  the 
  photographic 
  apparatus 
  and 
  supplies 
  for 
  

   five 
  days. 
  Tequa 
  was 
  reached 
  by 
  noon 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  day. 
  As 
  these 
  

   pueblos 
  havo 
  been 
  so 
  frequently 
  described 
  and 
  illustrated, 
  the 
  party 
  

   spent 
  only 
  two 
  days 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  among 
  the 
  six 
  most 
  easterly 
  towns, 
  viz, 
  

   Tequa, 
  Se-chum-e-way, 
  Moqui, 
  Moo-she-neh, 
  Shong-a-pah-wee, 
  and 
  She- 
  

   paul-a-wee. 
  Photographs 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  made, 
  and 
  numerous 
  

   sketches 
  illustrating 
  their 
  habits, 
  dress, 
  and 
  occupations, 
  collections 
  of 
  

   recent 
  and 
  ancient 
  pottery, 
  and 
  tools, 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  of 
  interest, 
  were 
  

   made. 
  The 
  comparison 
  between 
  the 
  workmanship 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  town- 
  

   builders 
  and 
  these 
  Moquis 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  former. 
  The 
  

   highest 
  perfection 
  was 
  reached 
  in 
  the 
  cliff-houses 
  of 
  the 
  Eio 
  Mancos, 
  

   where 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  were 
  marvels 
  of 
  finish 
  and 
  durability; 
  and, 
  

   then 
  traveling 
  toward 
  the 
  Moquis, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  gradual 
  merging 
  of 
  one 
  

   style 
  into 
  the 
  other, 
  from 
  the 
  neatly-cut 
  rock 
  and 
  correct 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  

   comparatively 
  crude 
  buildings 
  now 
  inhabited. 
  

  

  Eetracing 
  their 
  steps 
  to 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  De 
  Chelly, 
  

   the 
  party 
  now 
  traveled 
  northward 
  toward 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Abajo, 
  up 
  a 
  stream 
  

   known 
  as 
  Epsom 
  Creek, 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  near 
  its 
  head 
  

   tasting 
  and 
  operating 
  like 
  that 
  salt. 
  The 
  usual 
  indefinite 
  ruins 
  which 
  

   occur 
  on 
  the 
  lowlands 
  continued 
  up 
  this 
  valley 
  over 
  thirty 
  miles. 
  To 
  

   the 
  west 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  labyrinth 
  of 
  caiions 
  running 
  off 
  into 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  Colorado, 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  discovered 
  many 
  cave- 
  

   and 
  cliff-houses 
  and 
  towns, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  type 
  as 
  the 
  others. 
  

   The 
  ruins 
  gradually 
  diminished 
  as 
  they 
  approached 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Abajo, 
  

   and 
  several 
  days 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  caiions 
  and 
  plateaus 
  

   about 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  Sierra 
  La 
  Sal 
  failed 
  to 
  bring 
  to 
  light 
  any 
  more 
  evi- 
  

   dences 
  of 
  their 
  occupation. 
  

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