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We replaced the stone slabs that rimmed the ceiling hatchway. 



RooTn 86, another storage chamber, adjoins room 84 on the south- 

 east and stands on the very edge of the cliff, at the base of the precip- 

 itous slope below rooms 78-81. (Pis. 21, B; 25.) Two parallel 

 ceiling beams near the outer wall and a third next the cliff support 

 seven cross poles with superposed laj'-ers of willows and cedar bark. 

 No wall pegs were noted. Like its neighbor on the northwest the 

 room was entered through a 16 by 20 inch hatchway. Beneath this 

 opening two steps were pecked in the cliff. The northeast half of 

 the floor consists of native rock, sloping and uneven; the remainder 

 is paved with slabs set in adobe. 



On the roof between rooms 84 and 85 and next the cliff is a slab- 

 lined fireplace measuring 13 by 27 inches (0,33 by 0.68 m.) by 8 

 inches deep; it is rimmed by slabs and surrounded b}'^ an adobe 

 pavement. 



We placed two posts in this chamber to support a broken cross pole 

 and the northeast beam. 



Room 86, under the cliff at the lower southeast end of the cave, has 

 not been excavated. It is represented by several wall fragments, 

 mostly concealed by rocky debris. 



Room 87, also unexcavated, abuts the north corner of room 86. It 

 is filled with large rocks ; between these one notes the jamb of a north 

 door. We observed no evidence of the curved west corner shown on 

 Douglass's plan. 



Room 88 is a small storeroom, adjoining room 87 at the base of the 

 southeast cliff. Its fragmentary walls disclose no trace of beams ; its 

 entrance was probably a ceiling hatchway. A rock ledge on the east 

 cliff about 3 feet (0.91 m.) above the floor forms a shelf 3 feet 6 

 inches by 4 feet 6 inches (1.06 by 1.4 m.). 



On the cliff above one notes a 26-inch circle, painted in dull red 

 except for the upper left quarter. Near this is an indistinct v/hite 

 spiral 3 inches (0.07 m.) in diameter. At the outer southeast corner 

 a rock contains five deep grooves where axes were sharpened. 



The space between rooms 88 and 89 has not been excavated. There 

 are no visible indications of a west wall. Smoke stains on the cliff 

 suggest a probable open fireplace. 



Room 89 served as a dwelling. Vertical cliff forms its east wall ; 

 masonry, the others. Its floor is of native rock, pecked out to a depth 

 of 6 inches (0.15 m.) in the southeast corner. 



Part of one jamb places a former door in the middle south wall. 

 Just within the room, 5 inches (0.13 m.) below the door sill, stone 

 slabs form a step 2 inches (0.05 m.) high; close on the west is a slab- 

 lined fireplace measuring 14 by 24 inches (0.35 by 0.61 m.) by 6 inches 

 (0.15 m.) deep. In the west wall at the southwest corner a blocked 



