Referring to the structures in Arizona, an observer draws particular attention to one "comparatively intact in the lower Gila valley." He says: "The hill on which it is built rises abruptly from the surrounding lowlands to the height of a full thousand feet. Near the northwest corner the ancient strategists began at a height of thirty feet, carving a narrow pathway to the summit. Here an irregular stone staircase has been made, passable by one person at a time. At intervals watchtowers were constructed, from which huge boulders could be hurled down upon the advancing foe. "The road makes three complete circles above the hill before reaching the upper =level=." [Here is a =level=-topped hill or =kiu=.] "Here another monument of early fortitude inspired by the love of life presents itself. There is, perhaps, three acres of =level= rock on the summit. For a depth of nearly two feet the entire =plateau= is covered with rich soil 'packed up' from below. When one pauses to think of the immense labor involved in carrying this mass of earth up the irregular winding stone staircase, a feeling of admiration springs up for these simple patient people." It is plain that there is a =level=-topped hill (or =kiu=) in the vicinity of Pimo. And it is directly connected in Indian tradition with the movements of a race of builders who reared "all these houses," and were directed or governed by a beneficient being who here gave birth to a remarkable prince. But it is enough at present to observe that the Chinese symbols connect Pimo--the Pimo of the "region beyond the Eastern Sea"--with a Mother, or notable Birth. And when the American General--in our region beyond the Eastern Sea--inquires at Pimo for information, concerning its now silent and forsaken ruins, the Pimo interpreter instantly responds by raising his arm and pointing to the hill of the royal birth. The Hill of the Maternal Case is there, say the Chinese. The Hill of the Maternal Case is Here, say the Pimos. The hill is prominent or lofty and quite level on top. It is in truth a =kiu= (pronounced like our own word cue) and holds aloft some impregnable dwellings and also a green spot or abandoned garden--clay having been carried aloft a thousand feet by devoted Builders in part to raise flowers for the young mother. But, of course, her own bud was the brightest of all. And every one told her so. And what a wide view from the summit! And how cool the air up there! How different from the blazing Canyon (with its hidden or abandoned Lute.) "The General asked a Pimo, who made the house I had seen? 'It is the Casa de Montezuma', said he; it was built by the son of the most beautiful woman who once dwelt in yon mountain; she was fair--" Notice here the name "Montezuma." The Casas Grandes at Pimo were fortunately seen by Spanish explorers in the 16th century, and "the Indians then assigned them an age of no less than 500 years." (note 71.)