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THE PUEBLO WEJE-GI. 



Twelve miles from tbe Pueblo Pintado, and on the north side of the 

 caSon, are the next important ruins, although we had passed several 

 small ones on the way. The Pueblo Weje-gi, as Simpson calls it, is sit- 

 uated close under the bluff, and is a rectangular structure built around 

 three sides of an open court which faces almost due south. Its exterior 

 dimensions are 224 by 120 feet. The walls are still standing to con- 

 siderable height and indicate at least three stories. They are built in 

 much the same style as those of the Pueblo Pintado, of small tabular 

 pieces of sandstone arranged with a beautiful effect of regularity and 

 finish. This ruin is remarkable for the perfect symmetry of the ar- 

 rangement of the rooms and of the estufas, a close scrutiny and carefuj 

 measurement failing to detect, any deviation. The rooms are small, the 

 largest being 8 by 14 feet and the smallest 8 feet square. The estufas 

 are each 30 feet in diameter and are placed just within the two elbows 

 of the building. 



There is not the least indication of the court ever having been en- 

 closed by a wall. None of the wood-work now remains in place. The 

 outer walls, like those in the first ruin described, were built up to the full 

 height of the building, and were without any aperture save the smallest 

 kind of windows. 



PUEBLO UNA VIDA. 



Two miles and a half farther down the canon, and also on the north side, 

 are the ruins of the Pueblo Una Yida. At this point the caiion bends to 

 the northwest around a promontory at the foot of which are the ruins. 

 On the opposite side there is a break for about half a mile in the bluffs, 

 which have completely shut us in thus far, in the centre of which space 

 stands a remarkable butte or mesa some 300 feet in height. In the gaps 

 between the butte and mesa we have fine distant views of the snow- 

 crowned Sierra San Mateo, or Mount Taylor. The canon is here about 

 500 yards wide, and is perfectly level from one side to the other. The bed 

 of the stream is a perfectly dry wash, without even an occasional pool, 

 except where it has been secured by artificial means, as at the place six 

 miles above where the Indians were camped. Lieutenant Simpson passed 

 through the caiion in August, and mentions that at this place there was 

 a width of 8 feet, and a depth of IJ feet of running water in the 

 arroyo. It was then in the midst of the rainy season, however; but 

 heavy rains had fallen over this part of the country a few days previous 

 to our visit, yet it appeared as if it had been subjected to a prolonged 

 drought. 



The Pueblo Una Vida resembles in its ground plan quite closely 

 that of the Pueblo Pintado. It has the same L-shaped main build- 

 ing, the two extremes of which are connected by a semicircular wall. 

 The two wings facing within a few degrees south and east respec- 

 tively, are 274 and 253 feet in length; the longer one running north and 

 south over a slightly rising surface, while the other, which is at right 

 angles to it, runs over a rocky knoll some 15 or 20 feet above the general 

 level. Within the enclosure are the remains of the largest estufa to be 

 found in any of the eleven great ruins. The inside measurement from 

 wall to wall is 60.2 feet ; the masonry of the cylindrical surface is perfect 

 throughout most of the circle, and is in places four feet high, its upper 

 edge on a plane with the floor of the court ; it was evidently entirely subter- 

 ranean. In the southern end of the longest wing are three other estufas, 

 their interior walls in good preservation, the diameters of which are 



