All the western states and territories . or were they interrupted each story by a terrace, as is the case with the modern pueblobuildiiif^s in New Mexico? Tlie front or exterior walls were evidently one plain surface from bottom to top; becausewhenever we found them in their integrity, which we did for as many as four stories inhiglit, we always noticed them to be uninterruptedly plain. The rear walls, however, were, in no instance that I recollect of, found to extend higherthan the commencement of the second story; and the partition walls were, if my memory^ ^ is not at fault, corres- ponding
All the western states and territories . or were they interrupted each story by a terrace, as is the case with the modern pueblobuildiiif^s in New Mexico? Tlie front or exterior walls were evidently one plain surface from bottom to top; becausewhenever we found them in their integrity, which we did for as many as four stories inhiglit, we always noticed them to be uninterruptedly plain. The rear walls, however, were, in no instance that I recollect of, found to extend higherthan the commencement of the second story; and the partition walls were, if my memory^ ^ is not at fault, corres- pondingly steplike intheir respective alti-tudes. The idea, then,at once unfolds itself,that in elevation theinner wall must havebeen a series of retreat-ing surfaces, or, whatwould make this neces-sary, each story on theinner or court sidemust have been ter-raced. This idea alsogathers strength fromthe fact that we sawno indications of anyinternal mode of ascentfrom story to story,and therefore that someexterior mode musthave been resorted to
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