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Without mutilating the vestiges of this primitive trail another was 

 made in the cliff near it, around which was constructed a balustrade 

 (fig. 48), with ladders conveniently set to aid those who wish to visit 

 the ruin. 





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Fig. 47. — The Indian trail from the canyon rim to Square Tower House. 

 The cliff below is almost perpendicular for over a hundred feet. A party 

 of vistors aided by a rope is shown climbing along the trail. Photograph 

 by G. L. Beam. Courtesy of the Denver and Rio Grande R. R. 



Square Tower House (fig. 49) measures 140 feet in length and 

 averages three stories high, with seven circular subterranean sanctu- 

 aries or kivas. The floor of the eastern end of the cave is composed 



