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them in the other frontier towns. They are somewhat 
troubled by the Apaches; and we noticed two crosses 
near the ruins, and four on the road to Correlitos, the 
evidences of their murderous propensities. 
We were up by sunrise, and found a cup of coffee 
ready for us; after which we again set out for the 
ruins, accompanied by four men, whom I had engaged 
to dig among them. | 
We first dug in a large apartment where some 
metates had been discovered, and which it was believed 
had been a sort of kitchen; but we found nothing but 
broken pottery, an obsidian arrow-head, and some 
small marine shells. Leaving Dr. Webb to superintend 
these excavations, I set to work to take a ground plan 
of the buildings, as far as 1t was possible to do so; but 
the Mexicans who undertook to assist me were far from 
adepts in the business, and caused me much annoy- 
ance. ‘This was not a little increased by the troops of 
men, women, and children, who flocked around me 
until it seemed that half the population had turned out, 
apparently with the idea that we possessed some secret 
information regarding buried treasures there. I was 
unable to complete my survey of the edifice and its 
numerous walls, which it would have required the 
labor of several men, for at least two days, to accomplish 
in a satisfactory manner. 
At 11 o’clock, being pretty tired and hungry, we 
returned to the house of our friend to breakfast; after 
which the wagon was brought up, and we set out on our 
return to Correlitos, where we arrived at four o'clock, 
well pleased with our excursion. 
