arroyas

They often occur in conjunction with irrigating ditches and other horticultural works; sometimes they are located on small hillocks in the beds of streams, locations which must be covered with water during the annual floods; sometimes they are found at the bases of promontories bordering on drainage channels and on the banks of arroyas, where they might be washed away at any time.

Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 Cosmos Mindeleff

Letter-in-the chaps! '' was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

Jean of the Lazy A 1915

Ern, you follow the Archer's Springs trail a mile or so, then swing inside of Gustav's circle and cover all the arroyas and rock heaps you can.

The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910

At the bottom of the arroyas, which have certainly formed subsequent to the occupation of the village, we found portions of human remains, and following up the walls of the ditch soon had the pleasure of discovering several skeletons

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884

In all of the graves examined the bodies were found in similar positions and under similar circumstances in both arroyas, several of the skeletons being those of children.

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884

On each side of the town were noticed two small arroyas or water washed ditches, within 30 feet of the walls, and a careful examination of these revealed the objects of our search.

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884

-- Road passes over a broken country to a water-hole, 9 miles; grass abundant; thence there is sand in places: crosses several arroyas.

The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849

Road runs among several arroyas for a few miles, and is then straight and good to camp.

The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849

-- The road passes over arroyas, but is rather level.

The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849

Letter-in-the chaps! "was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

Jean of the Lazy A B. M. Bower 1905