He showed me remnants of a thousand-year-old holy road for foot travel in the tradition of Chaco Canyon National Historic Park.
Spanish colonization, however, did not succeed in making permanent settlements on the Chaco.
The pueblo of Zui is a more extensive and complex structure than the ruined pueblos on the Chaco river.
In its physical aspects the Chaco is strange, with swamps, arid plains, and mighty clumps of forest.
The Chaco works have generally a flotilla of steamers and barges.
The peccary, which prefers a partially open country, ranges from the Chaco to the densely wooded districts of the north.