Figure G represents a very iisnal pattern of mng or cup. It is of the 

 ordinary ]>ainted ware, and is made to contain about a' pint. Tlie 

 specimen is not entire. 



Figure 7 is apparently a pipe. It was found by Mr. Aldrich, near a 

 ruin on the San Juan, and is made of the ordinary potter's clay ; it is 

 2 inches in length. 



Figure 8 represents part of an ornamental handle, formed by twist- 

 ing together three small rolls of clay. 



Figure 9 represents a small spoon or ladle. Fragments of similar 

 implements are quite numerous. 



Figure 10 is a portion of the handle of some small vessel. 



As to whether the manufacture of pottery was carried on in certain 

 favorable localities only, or whether each village had its own skilled 

 w^orkmen or workwomen, I cannot determine, since, as previously stated, 

 no remains of kilns or manufactories were discovered. The forms and 

 styles of ornament are pretty uniform, which is to be expected in either 

 case, since the inhabitants of the various villages must have had con- 

 stant communication with each other. 



PLATE XIV. 



This plate contains drawings of a number of stone implements, arrow- 

 heads, ornaments, and other articles nianufactured or used by the ancient 

 inhabitants of this region. Nearly all were found so associated with 

 the architectural remains that I do not hesitate to assign them to the 

 same period. 



Figure 1 represents a stnall fragment of rush matting, a large piece of 

 which was found on the floor of one of the cliff-houses of the Rio Mancos. 

 (See Plate VI.) It is probably manufactured from a species of rush, 

 Scirpus validus, that grows somewhat plentifully along the Mancos 

 bottoms. 



Figure 2 represents a bundle of small sticks, probably used in playing 

 some game. They are nearly a foot in length, and have been sharpened 

 nt one end by scraping or grinding. They were found in one of the cliff- 

 houses of the Mancos, buried beneath, a pile of rubbish. The bit of cord 

 with which they are tied is made of a flax-like fiber, carefully twisted and 

 wrapped with coarse strips of yucca bark ; beside this a number of short 

 pieces of rope of different sizes were found, that in beauty and strength 

 would do credit to any people. The fiber is a little coarser and lighter 

 than flax, and was probably obtained from a species of yucca, which 

 grows everywhere in the southwest. 



Figure 3 is a very perfect specimen of stone implement found buried in 

 a bin of charred corn in one of the Mancos clift-houses (figure 1, Plate V). 

 It is 8 inches in length and 2^ inches broad at the broadest part; its 

 greatest thickness is only ^ an inch. One face is slightly convex, while 

 the other is nearly flat. The sides are neatly and uniformly rounded, 

 and the edge is quite sharp. It is made of a very hard, fine-grained, 

 siliceous slate, is gray in color, and has been ground into shape and 

 polished in a most masterly manner. 



Although its use is not positively determined, it belongs, in all prob- 

 ability, to a class of implements called "scrapers," which are employed 

 by most savage tribes in the dressing of skins. This specimen may 

 have been used for other purposes, but certainly not for cutting or 

 striking, as the material is very brittle. The most conclusive proof of 

 its use is the appearance of the edge, which shows just such markings 

 as would be produced by rubbing or scraping a tough, sinewy surface. 



Figure 4 represents a part of a metate or mill-stone, The complete im- 



