. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. TZS. Geological Survey. Plate AM. PHOTO-LITMO. CO. (OSBOBKE S PBOCESS) CHAPTER II. BUINS OF THE CHACO CANON, EXAMINED IN 1877. INTRODUCTION. The great ruins iu the Chaco Canon, in Northern New Mexico, are pre-eminently the finest examples of the numerous and extensive remainsof the works of unknown builders to be found north of the seat of theancient Aztec Empire in Mexico, and of which there is comparativelybut little known even to this day. The first published account whichever appeared in regard to them is a short reference to the Pueblo Boni
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. TZS. Geological Survey. Plate AM. PHOTO-LITMO. CO. (OSBOBKE S PBOCESS) CHAPTER II. BUINS OF THE CHACO CANON, EXAMINED IN 1877. INTRODUCTION. The great ruins iu the Chaco Canon, in Northern New Mexico, are pre-eminently the finest examples of the numerous and extensive remainsof the works of unknown builders to be found north of the seat of theancient Aztec Empire in Mexico, and of which there is comparativelybut little known even to this day. The first published account whichever appeared in regard to them is a short reference to the Pueblo Bonitoby Gregg in 1844* His observations covered a period of eight yearsprevious to 1840. In 1849 a military expedition under the command ofColonel Washington, then military governor of New Mexico, was sentagainst the Navajos, who were troublesome at that time, and their lineof march traversed a portion of the canon. The report of LieutenantSimpson, t of the United States Topographical Engineers, who accompa-nied the expedition, contained the first detailed and authentic a
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