The last column (reading from right to left) consists of 12 characters, which express the following sense: Ta—Hg—east—south—corner—has—shan (mountain or height)—called—Pi mo—ti—kiu.
The 11th term, ti, stands for "place;" and a kiu is a level-topped hill. As it is also called a shan (see No. 7), the kiu should be a prominent eminence having a level space on top.
The name Pi-mo is expressed by putting Pi, which signifies "skin" or "case," along with mo, which simply stands for "mother."
A mother, or a maternal case is connected with the Pi-mo kiu or level-topped hill. Is such an eminence to be seen in the vicinity of Pi-mo? Has it a flat summit? Are there any signs that it was inhabited by the queen of the Builders? The Pimo Indian told the general that on the hill-top in the vicinity—in the Lower Gila Valley—a female ruler gave birth to a child. Is there any foundation for the legend? Where is her house?
Referring to the structures in Arizona, an observer draws particular attention to one "comparatively intact in the lower Gila valley." He says: "The hill on which it is built rises abruptly from the surrounding lowlands to the height of a full thousand feet. Near the northwest corner the ancient strategists began at a height of thirty feet, carving a narrow pathway to the summit. Here an irregular stone staircase has been made, passable by one person at a time. At intervals watchtowers were constructed, from which huge boulders could be hurled down upon the advancing foe.
"The road makes three complete circles above the hill before reaching the upper level." [Here is a level-topped hill or kiu.] "Here another monument of early fortitude inspired by the love of life presents itself. There is, perhaps, three acres of level rock on the summit. For a depth of nearly two feet the entire plateau is covered with rich soil 'packed up' from below. When one pauses to think of the immense labor involved in carrying this mass of earth up the irregular winding stone staircase, a feeling of admiration springs up for these simple patient people."
It is plain that there is a level-topped hill (or kiu) in the vicinity of Pimo. And it is directly connected in Indian tradition with the movements of a race of builders who reared "all these houses," and were directed or governed by a beneficient being who here gave birth to a remarkable prince. But it is enough at present to observe that the Chinese symbols connect Pimo—the Pimo of the "region beyond the Eastern Sea"—with a Mother, or notable Birth. And when the American General—in our region beyond the Eastern Sea—inquires at Pimo for information, concerning its now silent and forsaken ruins, the Pimo interpreter instantly responds by raising his arm and pointing to the hill of the royal birth.
The Hill of the Maternal Case is there, say the Chinese.
The Hill of the Maternal Case is Here, say the Pimos.