Sometimes, he said, the disease would last ten days, and his skin become so tender that he could not endure the weight or contact of his clothes.

But by applying to the afflicted parts of his body a solution of baking soda in water, I was able not only to relieve his suffering, but to enable him, after two days, to continue with us on our journey.
In the meantime we had investigated some caves in the conglomerate of the steep canon side, about 250 feet above the bottom of the gorge, and rather difficult of access.

The house group occupied the entire width of a cave, which was eighty feet across, and there was a foundation wall made of stone and timber underneath the front part.

The walls were made of stone, with mortar of disintegrated rock that lined parts of the cave and were plastered inside and out with the same material.

Lintels of wood were seen in the windows, and rows of sticks standing in a perpendicular position were found in two of the walls inside of the plastering.