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KXI'1.(»U.VH<)N« NKAK ZI'NI. 



The expedition left tin- Suit Kiver Valley in .Iiiiie, ISHS, and anived at Ziuii in tlie followinff 

 inonlli. The work was coiitiniud in the vicinity of this placi- uniler the direetioii of Mr. Cusliinfi 

 nntil Oitoher 2(», ISSS, when he left for the Hast. His i.hysical ((.nditioii was sneh that he was 

 not able to return; but the w<uk of exeavation was continued in his absence until .Inly, ISSit, at 

 which time the expedition was disbanded. 



The location of the Seven Cities of Cibola, visited by Coronado in lotl, was long a (jues- 

 tion for scientilie discussion, and many arguments were advanecd in favor of different places; 

 but the ethnologic researches of Mr. Gushing and the historical investigations of Prof. Ad. F. 

 Bandelier have settled the question beyond a reasonable doubt. The Seven Cities were situated 

 in the valley of the Zuni Kiver in the neighborhood of the present pin-blo of Zuni, in Valencia 

 County, ^■. Mex. Theac(<)m]>anying map (Fig. L"J) shows very approximately the h>eation of each. 

 It was prepared with the assistance of Mr. F. Webb Ilodge, of Washington, formerly secretary of 

 the expedition. 





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Fid. 21 Kock inscription, turkeys, supposed bolathrower. etc. 



We give below a list of the names of the cities in the modern Zuni language, as noted by Mr. 

 Cashing, and in the old Zuni or Cibola language, as noted by Coronado and other Spanish travel- 

 ers and writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. If we make due allowance for the 

 difference betAveen a carefully devised modern orthography and a ha])hazard spelling of three 

 hundred years ago we need not suppose that the language of Cibola has changed materially duiiug 

 the intervening time. 



NAMES OK THE SBVKN CITIES OF CIIIOLA. 



SUIcctilh ail 



.Abacus, 

 -Ciiniibe. 



Afod<-rn. 



Hilwiku 



Kyiknawe, Hinnpasawan 



Krtfhupawe, K\v:\kina 



Apina, Plnawan Aquinsa. 



Hiiloua, H:\lonawaii Alona. 



M:\tsaki Miizaijui, Mavaipi 



Kyiikiiiia Caciuiua, KyaUim 



Aquico, .Jahiiicii, Ilavico. 



It was the original intention tr) explore all the ruins of the Seven Cities; but the illness of the 

 director and the consequent recall of the expedition prevented the fulfillnient of this idan. ( )nly 

 one of the ruins of the seven cities was exphued to any extent, namely, the ruin of Hah>na. This 

 town occupied in part at least the site of the present pueblo of Zuni. The excavations were made 



