520 PUEBLO RUINS NEAR WINSLOW, ARIZONA. 



The ruined pueblos near Win slow are called by the traditionalists 

 best versed in the story of the migration of the Patki family by the name 

 Homolobi. Unfortunately, no known object of aboriginal manufacture 

 had ever been obtained from this vicinity by the archaeologist, and on my 

 arrival at the town I found little encouragement that I should be any 

 more successful, for no one there knew of any ruins in the neighborhood 

 of the town save those of the Mormon settlements, Brigham and Sunset 

 City. A few days' explorations, however, showed that Winslow is one 

 of the best points for archaeological studies in the pueblo area. By the 

 aid of Hopi workmen we discovered Homolobi, from which were taken 

 several hundred most beautiful objects of prehistoric handiwork. Hav- 

 ing, as I believe, successfully demonstrated that the legend that the 

 Patki or some other Moki family formerly lived near where Winslow 

 now stands was true, it was desirable to extend explorations still 

 farther south. Although this family once lived at Homolobi, that 

 pueblo was only one of their homes in their northern migration. Earlier 

 in tbeir history, it is claimed, they came from far to the south. The 

 ruins of former halting places must be searched for in this direction. 

 I had in this quest also traditions to guide me, even the trail indicated. 

 In the old times, up to the present generation, in their trading visits to 

 the Pimas the Hopi took the trail through Chaves Pass, an available 

 one for them to cross the rugged malpais of the Mogollones. I followed 

 this trail from Homolobi to the pass and examined ruins which had 

 been reported, studying their evidence of Hopi kinship. The results 

 continued traditions, and will be developed later in this report. 



The ruin at Chevlon was excavated with the hope of adding new 

 data to aid in an intelligent interpretation of the resemblauces between 

 ancient Hopi and Zuni cultures, which are regarded as practically 

 identical. It had long been my belief that the differentiation of 

 Tusayan, Zunian, Keresan, and Tanoan aspects of pueblo cultures is 

 of modern origin, and that in no very ancient times resemblances 

 between them were greater than to-day. Manifestly this question can 

 not be properly answered save by a knowledge of objects from ancient 

 ruins. The rain at Chevlon is situated about the same distance from 

 Zuni pueblo as from Walpi, and its former inhabitants might easily be 

 related to the ancestors of both. The Hopi claim it as a home of their 

 forefathers, and it should not be regarded as strange if the Zunis do 

 the same, for indeed both may be right. The ancestors of both were 

 intimately related in their culture; but we can not tell how close the 

 ancient Hopi were to the ancient Zuni until we know something detinite 

 about both. 1 



As a rule, the ancient ruined pueblos of the valley of the Little 

 Colorado were built of stone, while those of the Gila-Salado drainage 



1 There is a closer resemblance between prehistoric objects from the Chevlon ruins 

 and Zunian antiquities than between the former and Tusayan, but our knowledge 

 of the old Zuni ruins is as yet very imperfect. 



