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from the big fires where the [[soto?]] was roasted. This [[soto?]] mass is also full of fish bones, & mesquite beans that helped support the indians who have scattered their flint chips & arrow & spear points among the rubbish & painted the back walls of the cave in crude pictographs. Everything points to the Comanche as the inhabitant rather than any higher grade of indian, both pictographs & arrow heads are crude & I could find no trace of pottery. A thorough examination of the debris would probably throw much light on the history of the cave & its former inhabitants.

The little side flats along both Pecos & Rio Grande are interesting in this position, rich soil and possibilities for agriculture. There is rarely any frost in these canyons & with plenty of water on the rich bottom land soil the most tropical plants and fruits could be raised. Water could easily be pumped onto it & in places carried over it with ditches.