1892 
Tenchitlan 
(Jalisoo) 
June 
Indian Hounds 
at 
Tenchitlan 
measurements of these mounds and surrounding work and plot them as 
shown on next pages* I may add that a large excavation was made 
into the top side of largest mound two years ago fear treasure. 
Hear the bottom a number of clay images, like those found in burial 
places described, and some obsidian implements were found and the 
work abandoned. The mound seems to be about half earth and half 
rough, loose lava rock of the locality intermixed. Externally the 
mounds show only the loose lava rocks. The mounds are nearly cir¬ 
cular (as are the surrounding rings and walls) and are rounded cones. 
To the If and HE rises the rough, rocky hillslope covered with 
bushes. To E is a smooth area cleared of stones and a smaller 
area of same on W, To W and S the hillslopes rapidly from the monu- 
\ 
ments to the valley. I give the measurements on the sketch and make 
no effort to draw to scale. The walls about ring are ruinous and 
overgrown with vegetation hard to distinguish and never more than 
roughly formed of the rough loose boulders of lava. Ho sign of 
sculptured stone of any kind is visible, 
r r 
The wall of ring in second circle is thickened to form 6 chambers 
on SE side, as shown. 
Legend: 1, 2, 3, and 4 are rather flat-topped piles of stone of 
shape indicated. 1 is about 10 ft, across and 4 ft. high} 3 and 4 
are 6 ft. across and same height} 2 is 12 ft. across and 7 ft, high} 
5 is apparently a new mound started and abandoned at height of 4 ft. 
The passageways between outer walls of circles are 40 ft. across 
( s f8) and between #1 and walls (* #7) 20 ft. wide. The circles are 
about 4 to 5 ft. below tops of surrounding ruined walls. The exits 
marked 
across circles are cleared passageways through walls on 
level with floor of circle and about 10 ft. wide. 
The starting point for measuring these is at passageway next to 
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