Both lads obeyed the summons.

At first the room seemed dark on account of the sudden contrast with the glare outside, but as soon as this first impression was overcome, it appeared moderately lighted.

It was a chamber about fourteen feet long and ten feet wide, and its walls were whitewashed with burnt gypsum.

Deer-hides and a mat plaited of yucca-leaves lay rolled up in one corner.

A niche contained a small earthen bowl, painted white with black symbolic figures.