What to see in America . from the main mass. Oneday, while all the inhabitants except three sick women were atwork in the fields on the plain below, there came a suddenstorm, and the deluge of rain, or the lightning, sent theleaning ledge crashing down to the base of the mesa. Thethree sick women perished beyond reach of aid on the theninaccessible cliff, and the rest of the community sought a newplace for their village. Several exploring parties in recentyears have been to the summit of the great rock. The firstof these, led by an Eastern college professor, laid siege to themesa with a mortar
What to see in America . from the main mass. Oneday, while all the inhabitants except three sick women were atwork in the fields on the plain below, there came a suddenstorm, and the deluge of rain, or the lightning, sent theleaning ledge crashing down to the base of the mesa. Thethree sick women perished beyond reach of aid on the theninaccessible cliff, and the rest of the community sought a newplace for their village. Several exploring parties in recentyears have been to the summit of the great rock. The firstof these, led by an Eastern college professor, laid siege to themesa with a mortar and several miles of assorted ropes,supplemented by pulleys, a boatswains chair, and a pair ofhorses. On top is an area of twelve acres that is almost barerock. The explorers find there bits of broken pottery, stoneaxes and arrowheads, and ornaments made of wild hogstusks, but no indications that the mesa served for anythingmore than a refuge for small parties. Zuni, with a population of 1600, is the largest of all the. The Enchanted Mesa New Mexico 437 southwest Indian pueblos. It is on an open plain nearThunder Mountain. The adobe houses, built in communalfashion, rise in some instances five stories high. The peopleare noted as pottery makers, yarn spinners, and turquoisedrillers. Their ceremonial dances are Zufii is the precipitous-sided mesa of Toyalane to whichthe Indians of Zuni and of six other pueblo cities inhabitedby the tribe fled when they feared invasion. There theysometimes remained for many years while their abandonedpueblos fell to ruins. The pueblo of Zufii is forty milessouth of Gallup, which is also the starting point for making atrip across the Painted Desert, seventy miles, to Chico,where is the largest group of prehistoric stone houses in thesouthwest.
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