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NOMADIC INDIANS.— PUEBLEROS. 21 
saw upon Shady creek was composed of artificial bowers, formed with bent saplings and leafy 
twigs. There were hundreds of them of the same construction, evidently intended for merely 
temporary use, 
PLATE 5, 
Kaiowa Indians removing camp. 
Plate 6 shows the construction of a range of houses in Zuñi. It will answer also for a type 
of such pueblo buildings as are at present occupied in New Mexico. By a reference to Coro- 
nado’s description of this place and people in 1540, it will appear that during three centuries no 
appreciable change has taken place. Had the pueblo been buried like Pompeii, and at length 
exhumed and its population resuscitated, there could not be a closer resemblance to the descrip- 
tion of pioneer Spaniards than is now found between Zuñi and the ancient Cibola. This, 
Zuñi. 
however, is but one of the seven towns of Cibola; the others are in ruins, some of which are at 
El Moro, at Ojo Pescado, and at Arch spring. El Moro, under the name of Inscription Rock, 
may be found minutely portrayed in Captain Simpson’s report of the Navajo expedition. The 
accompanying plate 7 gives a view from the top of the rock. For a full description of Acoma, 
San Domingo, and other existing pueblos, it is sufficient to refer to Lieutenant Abert's report 
