The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

PEDRO FONT'S DESCRIPTIO.N.
ameasures towards solving this great mystery, as well at
preserving these monuments of an extinct people.
Father Pedro Font, who, in the years 1775 and 1776, made
a journey from Sonora to Monterey in California, visited the
ruins, and thus speaks of them in a manuscript copy of his
journal, which is to be found in one of the old missions in
Los Angeles:
"The commandant determined that we should rest to-day,
and examine the large buildings called Montezuma's Houses,
situated one league from the Gila, and three leagues eastsoutheast from the Laguna.
"We were accompanied by the Governor Uturituc, who
gave us the tradition of these houses, which I here give.
"The palace, or house of Montezuma, was built more than
five hundred years ago. The buildings were erected by the
Aztecs, when, during their transmigration, the devil led
them through various countries, until they arrived at the
promised land in Mexico; and in their long sojourn, they
formed towns and built these edifices.
"The site on which the houses are built is level on all
sides, and at a distance of a league from the Gila. They
extend for leagues towards the cardinal points, and the land
is partially covered with pieces of pots, jars, plates, etc.,
some common, and others painted in white, blue, and red
colors, which is a sign that there has been a large town,
inhabited by a distinct people from the Pimos of the River
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