PLATE III. 



Fig. 12. A two-story house iu the crevices of the escarpment of the Mancos Caiion, 800 feet 

 vertically above the stream at its base. This house is remarkable, not only upon account 

 of its position, but in having walls of carefully-built and accurately-dressed stone, and the 

 inside surfaces plastered, and painted in two colors, red center with white margin. For 

 description, see page 20. 



Fig. 13. A general view of the canon of the Elo Mancos near its outlet from the Mesa Verde. 

 The table-lands upon either hand vary from 500 to 1,000 feet in height, and it is in the 

 darkly-shaded lines in the upper half of the high bluff on the right that the little houses 

 are found, as shown in Figs. 5, 7, and 12. See page 24. 



Fig. 14. A view of the ruined village, in the valley of the Hoveuweep, Utah, of which Fig. 

 11 is a ground-plan. See page 30. 



