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Show forcing the change in route. Just over the ridge on the west side of the highway is #23, the first night campsite. Each group has a fire here, also. Scattered around the ground were cans left from the pilgrimage: Vienna sausage, fruit juice, spam, and shasta pop cans. When the group on the helicopter tour stopped at this place, Mr. Lalio immediately began to gather up the litter. Mr. Cordova noted that a party had been sent out from Zuni to gather up any garbage left by the pilgrims, but that evidently they had cleaned up someone else's camp. An old wagon road heads west from the campsite, following the Zuni pilgrimage route. Number 24 was located along this old road, which is but a dim outline through the brush. The first time Mr. Kallestewa saw it, he said it wasn't grown over and looked like wagons had been • on it at some point. Much of the area along this section of the trail has been chained and burned by ranchers to improve the range. At #25 the pilgrims move off the old road and aim towards what is called the Piatt Windmill on maps. Number 26 is the Piatt Windmill. The route west of the highway has much different terrain than the eastern portion. The western portion is characterized by dry, grassy plains, marginal grazing land without good rainfall. Number 27 is a spot from which Piatt Windmill can be seen to the east and North and South Mountain are visible to the west. The group crosses the new railroad line that goes to the Coronado Power plant between #27 and #28. In 1980 some horses were spooked at the tracks, and didn't want to cross them. From #28 the group aims toward #29 where a water tank can be seen from a distance. From that spot the group moves toward a cleft in hill to the west. The land west of #25 consists of grassy plains. At #30 the Zunis have constructed a gate in the - 162 - |
