ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 11 
In November Mrs. Stevenson visited Santa Clara pueblo 
with the object of making studies of the people and their cul- 
ture for comparative purposes, and observations were made 
of the social customs and religious ceremonies of the people. 
Afterward several days were spent in Santa Fé, examining 
the old Spanish records preserved in the archives of the His- 
torical Society of New Mexico, with the view of learning 
something of the early relations of the local tribes with the 
Spanish invaders and with their Spanish-speaking neighbors 
of later times. Late in November Mrs. Stevenson visited 
the pueblo of Zuii, the site of her former extended researches, 
and spent some weeks in completing her studies of certain 
phases of the native ritual and worship, of religious sym- 
bolism as embodied in pictography and ceramic and textile 
decoration, and in the revision of her list of plants employed 
for food, medicine, and dyes. Numerous photographs and 
sketches of ceremonies and ceremonial objects were made. 
A number of changes were noted in the dramas and other 
ceremonies since her last visit, and Zuni, heretofore presenting 
at night the quiet somberness of an aboriginal village, has 
now, when dusk falls, the appearance of an eastern town 
with many lighted windows. Mrs. Stevenson notes that 
changes are creeping steadily into all the pueblos, Taos per- 
haps excepted, and is led to express the earnest hope that 
the work of investigating the town-building tribes of the 
Southwest be carried forward with all possible energy. 
On April 1 Mrs. Stevenson returned to the office, where 
during the remainder of the year she has been engaged in 
the preparation of reports on her field researches. 
Dr. Cyrus Thomas, ethnologist, has been employed the 
greater portion of the year in assisting Mr. Hodge on the 
Handbook of American Indians, not only in the preparation 
of separate articles, but also in assisting the editor on certain 
lines of proof reading relating to omissions, uniformity in 
names, etc. Such time as could be spared from these duties 
was devoted to the preparation of a Catalogue of Books and 
Papers relating to the Hawaiian Islands. For this purpose 
the Library of Congress and other libraries in Washington 
