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Show HISTORY @ PR © — jund© terraced © structures, probably almost an exact counterpart of the present terraced houses of Taos, though, perhaps, somewhat smaller and a ground and connected at one end by containing a less number of stories. a wall. These were No one of the houses at Ot-o-wi Altogether had more than four stories and none fewer than two. the five houses contained about four hundred and fifty rooms on the ground floor. The number of superimposed rooms is largely a matter of conjecture but they may safely be estimated at two hundred and fifty, making a total of about seven hundred rooms. There were ten circular kivas at Ot-o-wi, all subterranean and outside of the walls of the building, with two exceptions. Kivas within the pueblo walls were unusual in the pueblos of the Pajarito plateau. They exist in the great ruin at the base of Pedernal Peak, and are found also in the older and smaller houses. A reservoir, which doubtless supplied water for drinking pur- poses at times, was placed, as was often the case in both ancient and modern pueblos, so as to receive the drainage from the village. The traditions of Ot-o-wi are fairly well preserved. It was the ‘hbojomyasp upouawp — — & Te A Diuwy x— S R ‘9 = ‘W exceedingly difficult of access. From about half a mile to a mile above the main pueblo of Ot-o-wi is a cliff village that is unique. Here is a cluster of conical formation of white tufa, some of which attain a height of thirty feet. They are full of caves, These are popularly called ‘‘Tent Rocks.’? have been utilized as which of l, some both natural and artificia These dwellings are structurally identical with human habitations. those found in the cliffs. They present the appearance of enormous bee-hives. The main pueblo ruin of Ot-o-wi differs in plan from any other in this region. It consists of a cluster of five houses, situated on a sloping fo ,ooyay fo fisajunog and walls gular and well-shaped, with floors plastered always, walls are front The usually so, to the height of three or four feet. has been y masonr little a cases some from one to two feet thick. In of number a In s. doorway the about casings of form used in the e nowher but s, instances, the porches were built over the doorway were complete houses built against the cliffs, as T'sh-1-re-ge. For the most part the dwellings are found in clusters and at two general levels, that is, at the top of the long, steep slope of the talus, and again in the face of a second terrace far above the talus and "NC LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN 96 reac) 5 =So 5 <u bio |