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Some of these, as the ruins at the sacred spring called Kishuba, are of the utmost traditional importance. I. Middle Mesa ruins Old Shuñopovi; Old Mishoñinovi; Shitaumû; Chukubi; Payüpki. II. East Mesa ruins Kisakobi; Küchaptüvela; Küküchomo; Tukinobi; Kachinba; Sikyatki. III. Ruins in Keam's canyon. IV. Jeditoh valley ruins Bat-house; Jeditoh, Kawaika; Horn-house; Awatobi; Smaller Awatobi.
It is interesting to note that in the abandonment of villages the same law appears to have prevailed here as in the other Tusayan mesas, for in the shrinkage of the Hopi people they concentrated more and more to the points of the mesas. Thus, at East Mesa, Sikyatki, Kachinba, and Küküchomo were destroyed, while Walpi remained.
The small ruin at Kachinba, the halting place of the Kachina people, seems to have escaped the attention of students of Tusayan archeology. It lies about six miles from Sikyatki, about east of Walpi, and is approached by following the trail at the foot of the same mesa upon which Küküchomo is situated. The ruin is located on a small foothill and has a few standing walls.
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