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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 239

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to the light of day,and tumbles heels over head down a little ledgeto a pretty pool of the creek. The water of the well is always warmish, andin winter a little cloud of vapor hovers overthe outlet. Between the cliff and the creek ispinched an irrigating-ditch, which carries thewaters of the well… … MONTEZUMA S CASTLE, FOOT OE THE CLIFF. winding road, is another curiosity, only less im-portant, known as mo.xtezumas castle. It is the best remaining specimen of what wemay call the cave-pueblo — that is, a PuebloIndian community-house and fortress, builtin a natural cave. The oft-pictured ruins…

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