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Show oes. HISTORY i hehe Sal Pas ‘i. et . +e ‘KBojonyoup UDIVIW F fo Jooyosy fo fisazunog of the inner two and a half by two and a half feet. And in the case as small as are court inner the with cating suite, the doors communi most three and a half by two feet. The principal rooms, or those , in use, were, on account of their having larger doors and windows The system of flooring most probably those of the second story. , laid seems to have been large unhewn beams, six inches in diameter transversely from wall to wall, and then a number of smaller ones, What was placed about three inches in diameter, laid across them. on these does not appear, but most probably it was brush, bark or slabs, covered with a layer of mud mortar. “The beams show no sign of the saw or ax; on the contrary, they appear to have been hacked off by means of some very imperfect On the west face of the structure the windows, which instrument. are only in the second story, are three feet two inches by two feet On the north side they are only in the second and third two inches. At difstories, and are as small as fourteen by fourteen inches. ferent points about the premises were three circular apartments These apartments sunk in the ground, the walls being of masonry. the Pueblos call estufas, or places where the people held their Of the Pueblo Bonito, which was also visited by Lieutenant Simpson, he says: “The circuit of its walls is about 1,300 feet. Its present elevation shows that it had at least four stories of apartments. The number of rooms on the ground floor at present discernible is 139. The apartments in the east portion of the pueblo, not included in this enumeration, would probably swell the number to 200.”’ Lieutenant Simpson estimates that the four stories, with ing terraces, had as many retreat- as 641 rooms. _ The number of estufas is four; the largest being sixty feet in diameter, showing two stories in height, and having a present depth of twelve feet. All these estufas are cylindrical in shape, and nicely walled up with thin, tabular stone. Among the ruins are several rooms 1n a very good state of preservation.”’ The ruin of the pueblo of Ot-o-wi lies about five miles west of the die ET” Ke Sel tia See OL. eo a ag ‘9 L/ k a — O1MT 9D ‘‘The quarry from which the material was obtained to build the structure seems to have been just back of our camp. ‘‘We came to another old ruin, thirteen miles from our last camp, called We-je-gi, built like the Pueblo Pintado, of very thin, tabular The circuit of the structure, includpieces of compact sand-stone. ing the court, was near 700 feet. The number of apartments on The highest present the ground floor was probably ninety-nine. elevation of the exterior wall is about twenty-four feet.’’ DIUDY political and religious meetings. yi MEXICAN SOT oe? ey tteSetetyet ye OF NEW FACTS * ° * ak eigerety theherre .gee ig et Pre gongs eat et eh. s : * . nee ae | eg ah eee ie! whaL BF ee: “> erperergent a pe : a oe aS ' LEADING SoTOlLI iT PT op eek Vgtpereipet te » we rte Jte arte ee * yp oS lah Sats otonieae ee Ye ae wot gt reng st 7 ee, far ‘ Ee . td PEEL Ae ack 2 ee het aes ee oe Be ot bears tag ty bE Ohm Lr PTS ee - Re eee, ebbste eetinge 94 |
