What I took to be an estufa, nineteen feet in diameter, was found in the lowest section.

Behind it was only a small cluster of five houses higher up in the cave.
Though this is the only ancient cave-dwelling I visited in Ohuivo, I was assured that there were several others in the neighbourhood.

The broken country around Zapuri is interesting on account of the various traditions which, still living on the lips of the natives, refer to a mysterious people called the Cocoyomes, regarded by some Tarahumares as their ancient enemies, by others as their ancestors.

They were the first people in the world, were short of stature and did not eat corn.

They subsisted mainly on herbs, especially a small agave called tshawi.