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across the liead of Clraiul (liilch to tlio east, and tluMi soutli, in two hard, 

 all-day marches, following; the Conih Wash luitil we reached tlie San 

 Juan, which we crosscnl l)y l)rid^(\ and then down the (lypsmn Wash to 

 Ka yenta . 



'*A novel form of entertainment for camp life was jjrovided by the 

 phonograph, whose strains sounded queer indeed echoing among the 

 caves and cliffs when one returned to camp at night. Perhaps the most 

 unusual happening we had was the bringing into camp of a live full- 

 grown badger, which John ^^'etherell had ca})tured single-handed — a 

 most difficult feat. After roping the creature and getting a strap around 

 its body, he had bound its feet with a handkerchief, which it promptly 

 ripped off, and as he had still further to go on his trip, he suspended it 

 from a small tree by the strap so that its feet just touched the ground. 

 On returning a couple of hours later, he managed to wrap it in his saddle 

 blanket. In camp he held it by the strap, liftmg it into the air as it 

 made dashes at his feet, until, after about 10 minutes of this intimate 

 acquaintance, he released the animal, which, like a good western gun- 

 man, backed out of the area lighted by the camp fire and disappeared 

 into the brush. 



"After returning to the railroad, we visited the ruins at Phoenix, 

 which had been excavated many years previously by Frank Gushing, 

 and then went on to Tucson, where we were welcomed by Professor and 

 Mrs. Cummings at the University. Here we examined the material 

 taken from the Sagi Canyon by Professor Cummings, which had a direct 

 bearing on the life of the Basket People, the Slab House culture and the 

 Cliff Dwellers, evidences of all three having been found in one cave. In 

 Grand Gulch, also, we had found evidenced a Slab House culture, first 

 separated from the other cultures in the region by Messrs. Kidder and 

 Guernsey. 



"The expedition was successful in securing information and material 

 w'hich will be available in further excavating. We did a little digging in 

 the cliff houses and in two caves, finding the burials of three Basket 

 People in a cave which had previously been dug over. In the cliff dwel- 

 ling we cleared two kivas. On the bench of one of these we found skin- 

 ning knives, sandals, dice, and working implements. In the caves, 

 Avhere the Basket People buried, we uncovered two adults and a child, a 

 basket, part of a bab}^ carrier, the fore-shaft of a spear, well-tanned 

 deer-skins, woven haircloth and vucca sandals. We also found here and 



