Preliminary report on a visit to the Navaho National Monument, Arizona

by Jesse Walter Fewkes

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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Smithsonian Institution,
Bureau of American Ethnology,
Washington, D. C., March 16, 1910.

Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith, for publication, with your approval, as Bulletin 50 of this Bureau, the manuscript of a paper by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, entitled “Preliminary Report on a Visit to the Navaho National Monument, Arizona.”

Yours, respectfully,

F. W. Hodge,
Ethnologist in Charge.

Dr. Charles D. Walcott,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C.

CONTENTS

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Introduction		[1]
Routes to the Navaho National Monument		[6]
	Route from Flagstaff to Marsh pass	[6]
Major antiquities		[10]
	Ruin A	[10]
	Cliff-house B	[10]
	Swallows Nest	[12]
	Betatakin	[12]
	Kitsiel (Keet Seel)	[16]
	Scaffold House	[18]
	Cradle House	[20]
	Ladder House	[20]
	Forest-glen House	[21]
	Pine-tree House	[21]
	Trickling-spring House	[21]
	Characteristic features of ruins	[22]
Minor antiquities		[26]
	Pottery	[27]
	Cliff-dwellers cradle	[29]
	Miscellaneous objects	[30]
Summary and conclusions		[30]
Recommendations		[35]