House.-------------

The house itself was only about twelve feet high, but this had been
divided into two stories. Whether it ever had any other roof than
the overhanging walls of rock is doubtful. The plan is shown in the
preceding cut. The curved apartment at the right is a reservoir, capable
of holding about five barrels. A series of pegs were inserted in the
wall, so as to form a means of descent from a window to the bottom. A
number of doorways are seen in the plan; a cut of one is presented in
this figure.

Illustration of Doorway of the House.----------------

We are, however, warned that the artist has represented the stonework
a little too regularly. The support for the top of the doorway is not
clearly shown; a number of small beams of wood were laid across, on
these the stones. This cut gives us a view of the front room. Looking
in from the end window, we can see where the second story commenced. The
doorway we have been describing was not a very handy mode of entrance.
Its builders, however, did the best they could in their limited space.
The house displays perseverance, ingenuity, and taste. It was plastered,
both within and without, so as to resemble the walls of the canyon, but
an ornamental border was added to the plastering of the interior rooms.

Illustration of Room of the House.--------

This cliff house could only have been used as a place of refuge in a
time of need. We must observe the care with which it was hidden
away. The walls were plastered on the outside, so as to resemble the
canyon-walls. Then we must notice what a secure place of retreat it
afforded the people. No invading party could hope to storm this castle
as long as there was any one to defend it. This house, with its four
small rooms, could give shelter to quite a band of Indians. Then,
besides, it was not alone. Ruins of half a dozen smaller houses were
found near by. Some had been crushed by the overhanging walls falling
upon them, and others had lost their foothold and tumbled down the
precipice.

It needs but a glance to satisfy any one that only dire necessity would
have driven a people to such resorts. When we consider how much labor
it must have required to convey the materials to the almost inaccessible
place, the many inconveniences the people must have been put to when
they were occupied, we may imagine how the people clung to their old
home. It is altogether likely that such resorts would be only used now