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found that some of the walls were made of adobe blocks as well as 

 stone. Taken in connection with the ruins later found farther down 

 the Colorado, these are the first mention of adobe walls in villages in 

 the Tusayan province, showiug, of course, that the builders utilized 

 the most convenient material at hand for their habitations. 



The fourth ruin of the Homolobi group was situated on the same side 

 of the river as the last, a few miles farther north. Like the second ruin, 

 it is more distant from the river and crowns a mesa, the walls of which 

 are very steep. This ruin is small and has cemeteries in the debris at 

 the foot of the mesa. The blocks of stone near by were found to be 

 covered with characteristic pictographs 1 made by the modern Hopi. 



The second and fourth Homolobi ruins are excellent ones to excavate, 

 and will undoubtedly yield many specimens, although the probability 

 is that objects taken from them will not differ greatly from those which 

 I have brought to Washington from the tirst ruin. 



CHEVLON RUIN. 2 



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There are several ruins on Chevlon Creek, one of the most convenient 

 of which to study was that on the left bank near where it flows into 

 the Little Colorado. This ruin, about fifteen miles from Winslow, is in 

 sight of the station Hardy, on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, and 

 was the most eastern ruin of those examined. 



It is situated on a gravelly hill, nowhere more than a hundred feet 

 high, and in no way different from neighboring hills of the same 

 geological character. No sign of walls were seen above ground, but 

 from a distance the mounds of Chevlon ruin could be readily distin- 

 guished by their peculiar light-gray color. The general form of the 

 ruin was rectangular with outlying rows of rooms apparently inclosiug a 

 plaza, and the most elevated part was on the northern side. 



The cemeteries of this ruin, like those of Homolobi, gave us the 

 majority of objects collected at that place. The pueblo, judging from 

 the contents of the graves, was richer and larger than Homolobi, 

 although there are many likenesses between the two. The portion of 

 the necropolis excavated was situated on the northern side, the graves 

 being found on the slope of the mounds in the immediate vicinity of the 

 outer walls of the town. 



The burials were indicated by fiat stones, some upright, but mostly 

 horizontal, similar to those of Homolobi. As a rule the bodies were 

 wrapped in a coarse rush matting, which was in many instances well 

 preserved. 



Of fragile objects from this ruin may be mentioned fragments of 

 plaited ware, some of which were almost entire baskets. The custom 



'Among these were recognized tlie totem signatures of several clans of the Patki 

 and Squash people, who traditions say once lived in the Colorado Chiquito ruins. 



2 CakAvahaiyaki, Blue Stream pueblo. Higher up or nearer the source of the Chevlon. 

 there are other ruins, and in the Clear Creek Canyon several cliff houses. 



