40 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



quis. The amount of material secured from Moqui was quite large, 

 aggregating about 12,000 pounds. A map of great accuracy was made 

 of the seven villages, and will accompany the report of the Bureau to 

 show the relative positions of the villages of this province. 



The collections from ZuQi were large and important, amounting in 

 weight to 21,000 pounds. 



Mr. Mendeleff, with several assistants, completed a survey of ZuGi for 

 the purpose of constructing a model of the village on a scale of five feet 

 to the inch. This model was completed during the present winter, and 

 is now on exhibition in the National Museum. The area covered by 

 Zuni is 1,200 by 600 feet, not including the goat and sheep corrals and 

 gardens, which occupy a much larger area. The model, however, will 

 illustrate all those features. The preparation of this model (which in- 

 cludes several thousand details) by Mr. Mendeleff required much labor 

 and skill. It is prepared in papier-mache, and presents the true colors 

 of the village as well as all the details. 



During the season, Mr. J. K. Hillers, the accomplished and skillful 

 photographer of the survey, in addition to the geographical and geo- 

 logical illustrations made by him, secured a large number of finely exe- 

 cuted photographic views of all the Moqui villages and of Zuni, as well 

 as of many ruins in the region surrounding them, among which are many 

 character sketches of the people, interiors of their houses, eagle pens, cor- 

 rals, portraits of men, women, and children, also many views of the people 

 while in the attitude of baking pottery, drying meat, dancing, &c. The 

 work was not comi^leted ; it is therefore contemplated to make further 

 and more exhaustive researches in these regions in the future. 



Some years ago the Smithsonian Institution had two Indians, one 

 named Tichkematse, a Cheyenne, and the other Geo. Tsaroft", a native 

 of the Aleutian Islands, in charge of the ethnological hall. The pres- 

 ence of these Indians in the room attracted much attention, especially 

 as they were able to explain intelligently the functions of many of the 

 implements and other objects from a personal acquaintance with their 

 use. As stated in the last report, Tsaroff died of consumption in 1880, 

 and Tichkematse returned to his tribe in the Indian Territory, where 

 he exercised, in the interest of the Smithsonian Institution, his abilities 

 as a taxidermist. During the past season, at the request of Mr. F. H. 

 Gushing, he was ordered to Zuiii, and rendered very important service 

 as an assistant in making ethnological collections under the direction 

 of Mr. Gushing and of Mr. James Stevenson. 



CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS. 



Pacific Mail Steamship Company. — Among the earliest establishments 

 to co-operate with the Smithsonian Institution in its work of exploration 

 and exchange was the Pacific Mail Stearashii) Company ; and during the 

 past year the Institution has been indebted to the president and officers 



