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CUSHING, F. H. Gives iuformatiou that ancient excavations, sni^posed 

 to be turquoise and jade mines, near Zufii, IST. Mex., turn out to be 

 quarries of sacred paint. The principal source of sui^ply for these 

 precious stones lay across the Eio Grande, far north toward Santa Fc. 

 The Zuhi myth to account for those stones, as well as for a peculiar 

 black bead which they highly prize, and for salt, is as follows : Cen- 

 turies ago there was a great cacique who lived in the Sierra Azul, 

 north of San IMateo. Wherever he urinated, the dro])s became beau- 

 tiful blue and green stones. When the Zuiiis Aconutes came to know 

 of this they encamped so thickly around the cacique that the stench 

 drove him away west on the Zuui Mountains, where he stopped to 

 make water; but he was in such haste that the stones formed were not 

 pure chalchiuite. This side the mountain he met the woman whose 

 urine was transformed into salt. He settled down with her a mile or 

 two east of Zuiii; but again fled in auger from his house, around which 

 the people flocked. This time he went south to the desert, and there 

 lived with his wife, her luine forming the lake of salt (" Saliua"), which 

 is to-day the source of supply to the Indians. The woman becoming 

 angry with the cacique, drove him into a cave in the White IMountains 

 of Arizona, whence he disappeared forever. Since then, a strong 

 wind has blown from the cave sufficient to extinguish the torches. 

 Nevertheless, the people felt their way in through the darkness, and 

 found the precious stones. On this account a part of them were turned 

 black, and large flies were caused to live about the i^lace in summer. 

 The i^^eople, however, have i)ersisted in going there, and found among 

 other things the discolored beads worn by the Zuiiis. At this place, 

 the cacique's urine was changed into perfectly finished and drilled 

 stone, and in that condition they are still found. The cave in ques- 

 tion is like that of Silver City, and identical in use with the sacred 

 dance cave of ZuSi, where paraphernalia are placed, and costly sacri- 

 fices of chalchiuites are now made. 



Dover, Tiio:mas. Describes frog pipe and charred cloth from a mound 

 in Butler County, Ohio. 



Eaeiiart, John S. Witnessed the demolition of a mound caused by the 

 construction of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, one mile 

 south of Post Town station, and two miles north of Middletown, Butler 

 County, Ohio. The mound was in the level plain of the first bottom 

 land of the Miami River, 30 feet in base diameter, and 15 feet high. 

 Two-thirds of the mass were removed 3 feet below the original surface. 

 In the centre, rolls of textile fabric were found, varying from the fine- 

 ness of three-ply cari)et to the coarseness of a gunny bag, and pre- 

 served in shape by the moisture of the earth. These rolls were G 

 inches in diameter at first, but were much broken by removal, and in 

 coming in contact with the air were wafted away by the slightest 

 breeze. Specimens were preserved by hermetically sealing them, 

 while dami), between pieces of glass. A spear-head, 8 inches long 



