In the fall they would travel Ute Pass and visit the springs where they made offerings to the spirits of the springs for good health and good hunting. There were about ten mineral springs, called manitou for the breath of the Great Spirit Manitou believed to have created the bubbles, or effervescence, in the spring water. The springs were considered sacred grounds where Native Americans drank and soaked in the mineral water to replenish and heal themselves. Ute and other tribes came to the area, spent winters there, and share[d] in the gifts of the waters without worry of conflict. Artifacts found from the nearby Garden of the Gods, such as grinding stones, suggest the groups would gather together after their hunt to complete the tanning of hides and processing of meat.