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ANCIENT RUINS.—APACHE STRUCTURES. 
of his examination in New Mexico. Our object is merely to call attention to the fact of their 
great antiquity and entire dissimilarity to the abodes of other Indian tribes upon our route. 
Plate 7. 
Plate 8 represents an Apache wigwam, as rude, it is believed, as any race of human beings 
have been known to construct for abodes. These huts are usually isolated in some mountain 
Plate 8. 
Apache wigwam. 
gorge, near a rivulet or spring, and are composed of broken branches of trees. They are 
covered with weeds, grass, or earth, such as may be obtained most readily. A large flat or 
