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stituting, with Zuni, Neutrias, and Ojo cle Pescado, the Seven Cities 

 of Cibola^ mentioned frequently by Castanede in the descrij^tion of his 

 travels in 1540. The opinion of the chief officer of this expedition, 

 Lieutenant Wheeler, is in accordance with the views of General Simp- 

 son, Lieutenant Whipple, Mr. Gallatin, and other ethnologists. More- 

 over, the governor of the Zuni informed us that all the ruins in ques- 

 tion were once thriving towns of his people. In connection herewith 

 it may be mentioned, that near Zuni is a rock with an old Spanish in- 

 scription, which our party photographed. 



Fig. 6 



Gkoup of Zunis. 



The Zuni number about 2,000 souls. In summer, parts of the tribe 

 resort to the smaller settlements — one at Neutrias, the other at Ojo de 

 Pescado (respectively about twenty miles from Zuni town) — to culti- 

 vate their farms in those sections. Their fields do not compare un- 

 favorably with those of the Mexicans. 



In appearance, the Zuni are a mixture of Mongolian and Caucasian. 

 The complexion is olive, rather than dark-brown ; hair straight and 

 jet black; eyes black; cheek-bones very high and prominent; their 

 height and general physique correspond to the average among the 



