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Rh name, who, tradition tells us, were a powerful and gigantic people. They were the occupants of the whole New Mexico territory, and tradition believes that they even occupied Florida and Mississippi. They are an industrious and enterprising people. They have built many cities, temples and massive pyramids, wove woolen and silk fabrics, were also great agriculturists. All now extinct, nothing left but ruins of stone.