NO. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, IQI2 35 
After a brief stay there, he went among the Munsee of Kansas, 
where some new information regarding the language was obtained. 
He then visited the Delaware Indians of Oklahoma, 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. 
TGs 36: 
Fox Indians about to start the ball-game, Tama, 
Iowa. Photograph by Michelson. 
On 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 RIO GRANDE VALLEY BY Mrs. M. C. 
STEVENSON 
Mrs. M. C. Stevenson, who is making a comparative study of 
the Pueblo Indians, devoted much time in 1912 to investigations into 
the life of the Tewa people of the Rio Grande valley. She finds that 
these Indians hold tenaciously to their peculiar beliefs and rituals. 
Like the Zuni, 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. 
