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skin tents or wikeyups, and other light 
abodes, they suffered little from the great 
commotion referred to. When the par¬ 
tially vanquished race became strong 
enough they wandered southward as the 
first, or among the first, Toltec excursions 
in that direction. 
While at Corralitos Mr. Davis told 
me of some ruins situated about half¬ 
way between his hacienda and Casas 
Grandes, near Barranca. I visited them 
next day, and found a very noticeable 
and well-defined road leading straight up 
a hill to a slight bench overtopped by a 
higher hill at the end of the bench. 
Here was an ancient ruin, built of stone, 
and looking very much like a position of 
defense. It may have been a sacrificial 
place, for otherwise I cannot account for 
the careful construction of the road. 
