TjS report of the secretary. 



iug the arrangement of each part of the frame, &c. A number of cere 

 monial songs are sung at the building of these houses, but of these 

 only one could be secured, this one, however, both in the original and 

 translated. Whenever opportunity occurred, during the progress of 

 the work, photographs and diagrams of construction of " hogans " were 

 secured. 



On August 17, the ceremony of the snake-dance took place at Ma- 

 shonguavi, similar in every detail to that performed at Wolpi, and dif- 

 fering only in the number of participants. A number of instantaneous 

 negatives of the various phases of the dance were secured. On August 

 18, the following day, the same ceremony was performed at Wolpi, 

 the easternmost of the Moki villages, on a larger scale. 



While the surveys of the ruins were in progress manj- detailed stud- 

 ies of special featurey were made in the modern villages, particularly 

 among the " kivas," or religious chambers. In several instances the 

 large roofing timbers of the " kiva" were found to be the old beams from 

 the Spanish churches, hewn square, and decorated with the character- 

 istic rude carving of the old Spanish work. A number of legends, con- 

 nected with the ruined pueblos, were recorded. 



On closing this work in the vicinity of the Moki villages, late in Au- 

 gust, the party moved into Keam's Canon, en route for Canon de Chelly; 

 A day was devoted to the survey of a small pueblo of irregular ellipti- 

 cal outline, situated about 18 miles northeast from Keam's Caiiou. This 

 ruin is in an excellent state of preservation and exhibits in the ma- 

 sonry some stones of remarkably large size. The early part of Septem- 

 ber was employed in making a close survey'of the Mummy Cave group 

 of ruins in CaSon de la Muerte, this work including a 5-foot contour 

 map of the ground and the rocky ledge over which the houses were dis- 

 tributed. Detailed drawings of a number of special features were hero 

 made, particularly in connection with the circular ceremonial chambers. 

 The latter were so buried under the accumulated debris of fallen walls 

 that much excavation was required to lay bare the details of internal 

 arrangement. A high class of workmanship is here exhibited, both in 

 the execution of the constructional features and in the interior decora- 

 tion of these chambers. Later the White House group in the Canon 

 de Chelly, comprising a village and cliff houses, was examined and 

 platted in the same manner. 



The drawings and plans were supplemented with a series of photo- 

 graphs. Some negatives of i!^avajo houses were also made. 



On closing this work the party went into Fort Defiance, en route for 

 Zuni, and thence to Ojo Caliente, a modern farming i)ueblo of the 

 Zufiis, about 12 miles south of the principal village. Here two ruins of 

 villages, thought to belong to the ancient Cibola group, were platted. 

 One of these villages had been provided with a circular reservoir of 

 large size, partially walled in with masonry. Here, also, can be seen 

 the well-preserved walls of a stone church. The other also contains 



