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tained a total population of two or three thousand. General Simpson, in 

 his valuable report, has made mention of his discovery of cpiite a number 

 of these ruins south of the Jemez range on the Rio Chaco, a tributary of 

 the Rio San Juan, the most interesting being called the Pueblo Pintado. 

 This town, unlike those visited by our parties in the valley of the Chama, 

 was built of compact reddish-gray sandstone in tabular pieces. 



