78 A VISIT FROM THE SPAXLVEDS. 



mound. In Coronado's own letter to the king of Spain 

 he relates that these people used skins for clothing, and 

 that they wandered around and hunted the bison. 

 Such appear also to have been the habits of the In- 

 dians who lived on Paint creek. But other tribes did 

 the same. At the best this evidence is not conclusive. 

 The piece of chain-mail maj have come from some 

 other source. Future researches of the historian, the 

 ethnologist, and the archeologist may eventually throw 

 more light on this subject. 



