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INDIANS OF THE SOL'THWKST. 



A red ware decorated witli black painted designs is 

 found in Galisteo Basin, along the Little Colorado 

 River and southward to the Mexican line in consider- 

 able abundance. On the Little Colorado, and so far no- 

 where else, have been found pots with a white slip on 

 which designs have been painted in both black and red. 

 There are also specimens painted in dark green. 



The prevailing type of decorated pottery has a white 

 or grayish slip on which decorations are painted in 



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Prehistoric Coiled Ware. 



black. Ware of this cliaracter abounds along the north- 

 ern tributaries of the San Juan, in Chaco Canyon, in 

 the Rio Verde Vallej^, and reached perhaps the best 

 development on the San Francisco River and its 

 tributaries at the head of the Gila. From the latter 

 region a very remarkable series of pots was taken by 

 Henry Hales in 1892 and 1893. The American Mu- 

 seum possesses a large number of these pieces secured 

 b}' purchase or gift at various times. At Pueblo 



