Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . ellers of Painted House practised the same or similar rites. The specialization of these two great buildings for ceremonial pur-poses and the evidences of the former existence of a considerablepopulation nearby, seen in the size of Cliff Palace and other cliff-houses in the neighboring caves, impart peculiar interest to the study NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I915 97 of the distribution of aborii^inal culture characteristics of the MesaXerde National Park. Information has been brought from time to time to the attenti
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . ellers of Painted House practised the same or similar rites. The specialization of these two great buildings for ceremonial pur-poses and the evidences of the former existence of a considerablepopulation nearby, seen in the size of Cliff Palace and other cliff-houses in the neighboring caves, impart peculiar interest to the study NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I915 97 of the distribution of aborii^inal culture characteristics of the MesaXerde National Park. Information has been brought from time to time to the attention ofthe Smithsonian Institution that there exists in the northern part ofTexas a large ruin known as the Buried City of the Panhandle. Thename suggests that this may be a community dwelling, and it hasoccurred to several stitdents that this city, if such exists, marks theeastern extension of the Pueblo area. In order to determine the truthof this report Dr. Fewkes visited northwestern Texas and examinedcertain Indian remains along Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Canadian. \t^52
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