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Excerpt from Records of the Past, Vol. 3: 1904 The aboriginal ruins in Arizona are practically situated in the valleys of two rivers, and their tributaries. These rivers which unite before they pour their water into the Gulf of California, are the C010 rado, on the north, and the Gila, on the south; the latter a branch of the former. The large tributaries of the Gila enter it on the north or right bank, those of the Colorado on the south, or left bank. The belt of high land which forms the water-shed being situated between their sources. The relation of this water-shed to the branches of the two rivers which drain the territory is intimately connected with the distribution of primitive trails in this region. The sources of the minor water ways are brought close together, and only a short distance separates the headwaters of the tributaries of the two great rivers. In their migrations the primitive peoples followed up the tributaries Of the Gila, crossed the water-shed, and descended those of the Little Colorado. A study Of the Character and size Of the ruins along the Gila, as compared with those Of the Colorado, Shows that these vestiges of former habitations in the south, are much Older than those in the Colorado Valley, and it is logical to conclude that the culture Of the pueblos came from them and extended northward. The pathways which this northern migration followed were naturally the valleys of those tributaries, like the Verde and Tonto, along which many exist ing ruins indicate successive halting places. Having crossed the divide, the people from the south entered the Colorado drainage area and followed down the tributaries of' the stream to the northern part of what is now Arizona. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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