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Note. In connection with the ruins of Gúngola [[Guiengola]] is a legend that they were occupied by the Zapotecos of this valley as a stronghold. The Zapoteco Chief from the valley of Oaxaca tried in vain to capture the place & finally made peace with the chief of Gúngola [[Guiengola]] and to bind the peace gave him his daughter for wife-
This was done with the desire & plan that his daughter should betray the stronghold to her father. After she married the Tehuantepec Chief however she revealed to him the plot and refused to betray her husband so that the king from Oaxaca had to abandon the hope of conquering these people. At the present time the Tehuantepec people dislike those from the val. of Oax-

not dressed surface- In fact no dressed stone or hieroglyphs or signs of idols were seen among these ruins although I was told of a double headed, idol made of a coarse cement that had been found here. A negative shown me made it appear to be two alligator or other large heads joined at the neck. The figure was about 3 ft. long & 15 or 18 in. thick. Fragments of rough black & unornamented pottery were found sparingly. The feet of the tripod legs to cooking dishes were also found having the foot part in the crude shape of the head of a fish or lizard. Several large square slabs made of a coarse cement were found on the top of one of the pyramids first seen. 

The walls of the houses were laid up with rough flat stones & still stand 3 to 8 ft. high in places In one house are remains of round pillars evidently built up of the same platforms to support the roof. [[strikethrough]] Near the eastern pyramid [[/strikethrough]] Leading from the main platform between the 2 pyramids are several causeways extended out from the platform as if to make an elevated passage way from one place to another & probably used during ceremonials on the pyramids - Near the east pyramid and just east of the N.E. corner of the platform is a detached square structure of stones like a small platform a few yards across. On the W. side of this is visible an inclined entrance to the interior, which is hollow. Stones have been removed from the top down a couple of ft. to the large flat slabs of rough stone that roof the chamber. Some of these slabs have been taken