The interior was bare, with the exception of a ledge running along the southern side and made from the same material as the house walls.

It was squared up in front and formed a convenient settee.
At the end of this hall, but in the upper story, was found a house that was distinguished from the others by a peculiar decoration in red, while the space around the door was painted in a delicate shade of lavender.
There seems to have been still another hall of nearly the same length as the one described, but which must have been at least one foot and a half higher.

It is now almost entirely caved in.
No objects of interest were found that could throw any light on the culture of the builders of these dwellings, except the fragment of a stone axe and a piece of matting.
The day after my arrival at Chuhuichupa I continued my journey, now accompanied by Mr.Taylor and Mr.Meeds.We had as a guide an old Mexican soldier, who had been recommended to us as a man who knew the Sierra Madre better than anyone else.

He had, no doubt, lived a wild life; had taken part in many a "scrap" with the Apaches, as his body showed marks of bullets in several places, and he had prospected for gold and silver, traversing a good deal of ground in the mountains at one time or another.

But topographical knowledge _per se_ does not necessarily make a good guide.