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points, and there are four estufas 4 feet bv 2 in size. The 

 rafters inside were almost entirely destroyed by fire, but 

 as far as could be seen they had been very roughly hewn. 

 The walls consisted of brick, mortar, and pebbles, smoothed 

 without and plastered within. The arrangements of the 

 rooms, the presence of doors, and the absence of terraces 

 would lead one not to attribute this buildins to Aztec 



origin. ThePimas 



Long ag 



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region south of them. Many suitors came from far to woo 

 her, and brought presents innumerable of corn, skins, and 

 cattle to lay at her feet. Her yii'tue and determination to 

 continue unmarried remained alike unshaken, and her store of 

 TTorldly possessions so greatly increased, that when di'ought 

 and desolation came upon her land, she fed her people out of 

 her great abundance, and did not miss it, there was so much 

 left. One night, as she lay asleep, her garment was blown 

 from off her breast, and a dew-di'op from the Great Spirit fell 

 upon her bosom, entered her blood, and caused her to conceive, 

 la time she bore a son, who was none other than 3Iontezuma, 

 and who built the large casas and all the other ruins which 

 are scattered tlirough the laud. 



After instructing his people in the arts of civilisation he 

 departed for the South, and then disappeared. 



Casa Grande is situated a little below the junction of the 

 Hio Yerde and the Salinas. It is a rectangular ruin. 



feet by 68 feet, whose sides face the cardinal points. The 

 highest walls are, as usual, to be found in the centre ^ of 

 t^e pile, and they appear to have been tlii-ee or four stories 



high 



Besides abundance of broken pottery, we found sea-shells, 

 often pierced and otherwise converted into ornaments, about 



