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and houses, and to sow and gather in their crops ; droughts 

 Qo longer desolate the land, but, year after year, copious 

 showers still bring wealth and happiness to the chosen people 

 of the Great Prince. 



I passed Pecos on my way to Santa Pe. Mr. Eicholtz's 

 party saw the ruins of Quarra and Abo, on their journey 

 through Abo Pass, and left the Gran Quivera a few miles to 

 the eastward ; for these three pueblos lie within a radius 

 of ten miles. 



The ruins of Quarra consist, like those of Pecos, of a chui'ch, 

 I large Aztec building, which was 2)robably several stories 

 ^ ugh, although now a heap of stones and rubbish, and 

 lumerous foundations of smaller houses, probably of Spanish 

 >r IMexican origin. The church is built of red sandstone, in 

 "he form of a cross; the length of nave and chancel is 

 ^UO feet, that of the transept is 50 ; the widths rcspec- 

 ively are 33 to 18 feet; the walls are but 2 feet thick and 

 ^0 feet high. 



At Abo there is also a ruined church, cruciform in shape, 



lie arms being respectively 27 and 129 feet; it is built of 



•'inall, beautifully- cut stones, placed together with the utmost 



iiccty. Other extensive ruins are scattered around it. 



^t Gran Quivera there are extensive ruins of Spanish 



Idings, having upon them the arms of different families ; but 



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her 



undoubtedly of Indian origin 



< an^y out the statement of the historian Yenegas and othci 



^hat thi 



a large fortress, consisting of 



even terraces, rising in steps one from the other. The 

 emains of larire aceouias are to be seen in the vicinity both 





Gran Quivera and Quarra. So nuich for the ruins 

 Grande basin. 

 There are not, to my knowledge, any ruined puebloi 



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