Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 596
think their discovery increased the ruin by tearingdown walls in a search for skeletons, pottery,moccasins, and other relics, which were found inthe buildings in great numbers. If these vandalshad been allowed to continue their work, proba-bly there would have been little left of the… … ( I.III IAI.ACi; BEFORE RESTORATION. the Apaches or Navajos killed all the cliff-dwell-ers and let their houses go to decay. Others thinkthe cliff-dwellers were forced to leave the MesaVerde because of the drying up of streams whichthey depended upon to irrigate their corn andother crops. At any…
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