| Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) - 1874 - 376 Seiten
...of which wood was but little used. Pinou-trees have taken root within many of the former rooms. Upon asking my Indian guide whether the former inhabitants...which rain, formerly plentiful, was caught. He then «ailed my attention to some conical heaps of stone along the rim of the precipice, which was the material... | |
| Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) - 1875 - 238 Seiten
...of which wood was but little used. Pinon-trees have taken root within many of the former rooms. Upon asking my Indian guide whether the former inhabitants...on the mesa, in which rain, formerly plentiful, was canght. He then called my attention to some conical heaps of stone along the rim of the precipice,... | |
| Stephen Denison Peet, J. O. Kinnaman - 1896 - 666 Seiten
...Broken pottery, charred corn and millstones for grinding co-n were found in some of the rooms. Upon asking my Indian guide whether the former inhabitants...that there were cisterns on the Mesa in which rain was formerly plentifully caught. It may be added with regard to the number of pueblos at the present... | |
| Emory Adams Allen - 1885 - 838 Seiten
...of which wood was but little used. Pinon trees have taken root within many of the former rooms. Upon asking my Indian guide whether the former inhabitants...every day to the creek to procure water, he replied there were cisterns upon the mesa, in which rain, formerly plentiful, was caught. He then called my... | |
| 1913 - 118 Seiten
...numerous ruins. . . . Upon asking my Indian guide whether the former inhabitants of this town [near Jemez] were obliged to descend the steep and dangerous pathway...mesa, in which rain, formerly plentiful, was caught. General vague Indian and Mexican traditions concerning the former abundance of water are of little... | |
| Edgar Lee Hewett, Junius Henderson, Wilfred William Robbins - 1912 - 112 Seiten
...numerous ruins. . . . Upon asking my Indianguide whether the former inhabitants of this town [near Jemez] were obliged to descend the steep and dangerous pathway...mesa, in which rain, formerly plentiful, was caught. General vague Indian and Mexican traditions concerning the former abundance of water are of little... | |
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