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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, KM 2 



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After a brief stay there, he went among the Munsee of Kansas, 

 where some new information regarding the language was obtained, 

 lie then visited the Delaware Indians of ( )klahoma, and was gratified 

 to find that many of their ancient customs were preserved almost 

 intact. Elaborate notes were taken of several dances, and observa- 

 tions on the social organization were made. 





inc. 36. — Fox Indians about to start the ball-game, Tama. 

 Iowa. Photograph by Michelson. 



( )n his return east, he stopped at Tama, Iowa, to obtain additional 

 notes on the Fox Indians, as well as to arrange for the purchase of 

 some of their sacred packs, in which work he was successful. 



Studies of the Tewa Indians of the Ri<> Grande Valley by Mrs. M. ('. 



Stevenson 



Airs. M. C. Stevenson, who is making a comparative study of 

 the Pueblo Indians, devoted much time in [912 to investigations into 

 the life of the Tewa people of the Rio * irande valley. She finds thai 

 these Indians hold tenaciously to their peculiar beliefs and rituals. 

 Like the Znhi, they believe in a supreme life-giving power, the 

 symbol and initiator of life and life itself, pervading all space, and 

 called by them " Wowayi." This superior power is the sky. The 

 Tewa conception of this supreme power is similar to the Grecian 

 conception of Athena, and identical with the Zuni and Taos belief. 



