Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-02-11
Interesting Report of Prof. Hayden.

Prot. Hayden, of the Government Geo.
logical Survey in the far West has pre-
pared his report, which will soon be pub
fished The following is the substance of
his discoveries:
"The Rio De Chiefly, for distance of
about thirty-fve miles above its mouth, is
SO canoned-and the wash for the bed of
the stream is perfectly dry the greater por-
ton of the year, cuts from Wall-rock to wall
rock so frequently-that it is impossible to
travel up it, except in the bed, and that is
SO tortuous and rocky in places that it
would be difficult if not impossible Making
a detour to the right, the first opening into
the canon was reached ten miles above. In
here an interesting and extensive ruin was
found which was so well preserved that it
seemed to have been vacated less than a
score Of years, and so near like the work
manship and manner of building of the
present Moquis, that it would not be diff
cult to imagine them lurking among the de-
serted rooms. This ruin was situated in
long cave-like bench or mesa, running along
the face Of perpendicular bluff, some fifty
feet above its base, and tot2l length of
nearly 800 yards. The town was irregularly
but compactly built, conforming to the rock
on which it was placed, the rooms arranged
in single row most of the way, but at either
end punching up to two or three deep
ground plan shows sevcnty-fiye rooms with
many little irregular ''cubby holes" with
total length of 548 feet. A few yards fur
ther to the right are half dozen buildings.
Cisterns and reservoirs yet remain perfect
enough to show their purpose. In the cen
ter OF the mass was well-preserved circular
apartment a little below the general level of
the others, that was probably an eStufa. The
goat corrals were inside, between the houses
and the bluff. Digging beneath the debris,
several pieces of tinely-preserved pottery
foun6 finpiV pnfel and
glazed ware of which the fragments are so
universally scattered over the whole coun-
try. Beneath the center of the town there
was found in one group some whole jars of
about two gallons capacity each of the gray
indented ware, but they were too fragile to
transport upon pack-mules Besides the
pottery, many stone implements and arrow
points were unearthed Another detour to
the right, this time over an elevated plateau
Of white sandstone, across which was drlfteG
great dunes of white sand, brought the party
to the famous so-called diamond fields OF
Arizona, about which there was such an ex-
element in 1872. Lingering on Its
bare red plain, upon which the sun
beat with redoubled intensity, only
long enough to gather about pint of
garnets, which were of excellent quality and
very abundant, camp was made at the foot
of side canon which came in from the west,
and was known as the Canon Bonito Chi
here, not in large town but in scattered
houses up and down the De Chiefly and
Bonito. marked feature was great reser-
voirs in which there was, even now, abund-
ant and excellent water. Two rthree miles
below in the canon of the main stream was
well-preserved two-story house, standing
upon a bench elevated fifty feet above the
valley, and overhung by great roof of rock
that effectually shielded it from the storms.
Near by was great natural reservoir filled
with good water. Another five or six miles
and the canon of the De Chiefly opened out
into a great valley, from one to three miles
in width, and extending up to the foot of the
great canon near Fort Defiance. Twenty
five to thirty-fve miles above the Bonito are
some peculiar table rocks and monuments
that form notable landmarks. The ruins
are now scarce, only few being met with in
the caves at the side of the valley. The bot
tom lands bear the impress Of very numerous
ruins, adobe very likely, that are now almost
entirely obliterated, and would hardly be
noticed were it not for the broken pottery.
At the head of the valley of the De Chiefly,
the trail turned off to the southwest just
above the upper edge of the great white
mesa. Taking only two others, Mr.. Barber
and Lee the guide, and sending the remain
der of the train back some fifty miles where
there was suitable grazing, Mr.. Jackson con-
tinued over to the Moquis Pueblos, seventy
five miles distant, with only the Photographic
apparatus and supplies for five days. Tequa
was reached by noon of the following day
As these Pueblos have been so frequently
described and illustrated, the party spent
only two days and half among the six
most easterly towns, viz: Tequa, Se-chum-
e-way, Moqui, Moo-shar-nen, Shong- a-pabwe
and She-pawa-we. Photographs of each Of
these were made, and numerous sketches,
illustrating their habits, dress and occupa-
tions, collections of recent and ancient pot
terry and tools, and other objects of interest,
were made. The comparison between the
workmanship of the northern town builders
and these Moquis was very much in favor of
the former. The highest perfection was
reached in the cliff houses of the Rio Maucos,
where some of the houses were maryels of
finish and durability; and then, travelling
toward the Moquis, there is a gradual merg-
ing of one style into the other, from the
neatly-cut rock and correct angle to the
comparatively crude buildings now inhab-
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