276 INDIANS OF THE GILA, 
ment from eighty to one hundred yards in circumfer- 
ence, which is open in the centre, and is probably the 
remains of an inclosure for cattle. For miles around 
Elevation of Casas Grandes, Rio Gila. 
these in all directions, the plain is strewn with broken 
pottery and metates or corn-grinders. The pottery is 
red, white, lead-color, and black. The figures are 
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usually geometrical and formed with taste, and in 
character are similar to the ornaments found on the 
pottery from the ruins on the Salinas and much further 
north. Much of this pottery is painted on the inside, 
a peculiarity which does not belong to the modern 
pottery. In its texture too, it is far superior. I col- 
lected a quantity of these fragments, from which I 
selected the larger pieces. Those containing the most 
