Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1888-04-20

cred with earth and stone, and set
with timber nearly as large as that
which is now seen in the surround
ing plain.
La Casa del Gobernador or the
house Of the governor is the next
of most importance. 1t is also on
a high pyramid perhaps two hun
dred feet square and now presents
about sixty large white walled
rooms most OF which are in perfect
preservation. Some of these rooms
are sixty feet long by about twenty
wide with narrow ceilings formed
by flat stones that extend from the
tops of the side walls, which are
built with straight surface inclin-
ed toward each other like rafters.
This building is venerable struc-
ture and from It's external ap-
pearance it might i'll the distance
be taken for our own White
House.
The Hall of the Bloody Hand
is seen here, so called from
painting of two bloody hand
prints on the wall in front of the
entrance. These hands are well
formed and in shape and size
would represent that of thick
small feshy hand of n young girl
about fourteen years of age. Here
too there are many large timbers
over the doors and some round
poles extending from opposite
walls. Many are worm eaten but
otherwise there is hardly decay
ed part about them. There are no
ak or saw marks, herce they must
have been well planned. The doors
are high and tall people must
have lived in the houses. They
are all prepared to stand a seige,
hence a warning race must have
lived in them. No domestic ami
NAL is represented in their cary
ings, but snakes, tigers and war
clubs are seen, also rude musical
instruments in the hands of the
statues.
La Casa del Sarpente or the
house Of the serpent is the next in
passing around the square of the
city. 1t is on a lower pyramid and
is SO called from the hewn stone
serpent that is entwined around
the columns over the entrance.
The species represented is large
rattle snake about fifteen feet long
with a large head, mouth wide op-
en-, in the act of biting, and tail up
in the act of warming. This is the
side view, but it is such curious
design that the front view Of the
head is o perfect form of the
face beard and head of large
giant. This building has many
large rooms but many of the cell
ings have fallen in; the fallen walls
block up the doors an. we only get
a glimpse of the room by looking
down from the top.
La Casa de les Monjas or the
house of the monks is SO called
from its marked resemblance to
the old Spanish monasteries now
seen in all parts OF Mexico.It has
large court yard surrounded by
double row OF rooms on the four
sides making about slightly rooms
III all. These rooms have a plain
form Of architecture and if
Catholicism was known among
them this building was surely we'll
fitted for the habitation of monks.
This forms the largest and last of
the large structures that are now in
state of good preservation, but of
the complete ru ms and what they
present, volume might be written
and a month mi ght be spent in the
study of them. In this we have
given the pres erved part Of the
ancient city, but in our next we will
tell of the dark caves, dismal
scenes and heap s of decayed gran
deur over which we climbed until
weary. RAMBLER.