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respectively 28, 18, and 30 feet. Midway its length, and back of the 

 other wing, is a semicircular apartment, the outside walls being rect- 

 angular, the inside diameter of which 12^ by 25 feet. Extending from 

 this room toward the bluff, and at right angles to the north wing, are 

 some lines of ruined walls, the details of AYhich are nearly indistinguish- 

 able. I have drawn them as bending round towards a large circular 

 depression which exists on the right hand, but it is possible that this 

 appearance was caused by the way in which the walls fell, and that they 

 were originally a portion of a rectangular extension. 



The ruins of the wall enclosing the court are low and broad, with but 

 little masonry visible. The gate-way or entrance seems to have been at 

 the right hand or upper end, just outside of which is a large rubbish- 

 heap. The walls are in a much better state of preservation in the neigh- 

 borhood of the three estufas. Everywhere else they are much ruined, 

 particularly at the angle of the junction -of the two wings, and the gen- 

 eral appearance conveys the impression of a much greater age than any 

 of the others, with one exception which will be noted. 



PUEBLO nUNGO PA VIE. 



One mile farther, on the same side and also built close under the walls 

 of the caQon, are the ruins of the Pueblo Ilungo Pavie, or Crooked Nose, 

 portions of which are yet in quite perfect condition. It is built like 

 Weje-gi around three sides of a court, but this is enclosed by a semicircu- 

 lar wall reaching from one wing to the other. The north or main build- 

 ing is 309 feet long on the outside, and the two wings 136 feet each. 

 The ground plan represents a depth of but three rows of rooms, and as 

 the walls still indicate that there were at least four stories, it gives a 

 much greater degree of height in comparison with breadth than any 

 of the other ruins. The single estufa is situated midway in the north 

 building and appears to have extended up to the top of the second story. 

 In front of it is a projection or platform of masonry, nearly as high and 

 of the same width as the estufa, which extends some 10 or 12 feet into 

 the court. The interior, which is 23 feet in diameter, has six counter-forts 

 or square pillars of masonry — like those of the Pueblo Pintado — built 

 into the encircling wall at equal distances from each other, and which 

 appear to have extended up to the top. In the northeast corner of the 

 ruins the walls are now standing 30 feet high, showing a portion of the 

 fourth floor. Many of the heavy pine logs that supported the flooring 

 are still in position. The height of the second-story rooms was about 9' 

 feet and of the third-story about 7 feet. The masonry is of the same 

 character as that already noticed, but the walls of the first story are of 

 unusual thickness — nearly 3 feet — otherwise it has no marked difference 

 of features. The rooms of the central portion of the building are gener- 

 ally long and narrow, while those of the wings are of the same length 

 but wider. There are no signs of masonry in the low mound which is- 

 all there is left of the wall which enclosed the court. Just outside of it, 

 near the centre, is the usual mound of rubbish, and just inside, one of 

 the great circular depressions generally found in the same relative 

 position in nearly all the ruins. 



PUEBLO OF CHETTRO KETTLE. 



Two miles farther along under the northern wall of the caiiou we cam- 

 to the ruins of the great Pueblo of Chettro Kettle, or the Rain Pueblo. 

 This is of the same pattern as the Pueblo of Hungo Pavie, and is the 



