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Ruins near Tenchitlan

I was told in town that a couple of brothers spent much money in having an excavation made in the largest cone. I saw that a hole had been dug from summit down to base & the material thrown out through a cut or open breach which cut the east side down halfway. At the bottom of the excavation, which was made for treasure, were found several clay images like those found in burial places & also an obsidian lance-head.

[[strikethrough]] In [[/strikethrough]] I bought a few articles in town including a bowl and few obsidian articles.

In the circles surrounding these cones are planted magueys for tequila & all the hillside is covered with same & the cones & surrounding walls are grown over with bushes & small trees. 

The people here tell me that they find the deposits of idols &c. usually under small heaps of stones at a depth 3 or 4 ft. These 3 mounds or cones are probably simply larger forms of the same thing covering the remains of notable persons.

[[Note: Tenchitlan (checkmark)]]

The town of Tenchitlan is remarkable for the evidences it contains of the former state of affairs. The roofs are nearly all surrounded by low walls pierced with loopholes for musketry.