CHAPTER VII.. Houses in Ruins of the Sedentary Indians of the San Juan River

HOUSES IN RUINS OF THE SEDENTARY INDIANS OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

Pueblos in stone--The best structures in New Mexico--Ruins in the valley of the Chaco--Exploration of Lieut. J. H. Simpson in 1849; of William H. Jackson in 1877--Map of valley--Ground plans--Pueblo Pintado and Weje-gi--Constructed of tabular pieces of sandstone-- Estufas and their uses--Pueblos Una Vida and Hungo Pavie--Restoration of Hungo Pavie--Pueblo of Chettro-Kettle--Room in same--Form of ceiling--Pueblo Bonito--Room in same--Restoration of Pueblo--Pueblo del Arroyo--Pueblo Penyasca Blanca--Seven large pueblos and two smaller ones--Pueblo Alto without the valley on table land on the north side--Probably the "Seven Cities of Cibola" of Coronado's Expedition--Reasons for supposition--The pueblos constructed gradually--Remarkable appearance of the valley when inhabited.