OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XLVII 



Earl}' in 1885 Mr. Cushing furnislied the Director with a 

 schedule of his manuscript, notes, and sketches, and from an 

 examination of this it was deemed advisable that he should 

 continue putting his linguistic material into permanent shape, 

 in order that it might be used as a check on ensuing studies 

 of the sociology and mythology of the Zuiii, as well as for its 

 suggestive value towards the explanation of obscure passages 

 in those departments of study. This work had progressed 

 but little, however, when a severe illness necessitated its tem- 

 porary abandonment. 



Prof Cyrus Tuomas, in addition to his administrative duties 

 in charge of the division of mound exploration, was engaged 

 in preparing for publication the results of the operations of 

 that division. The constant arrangement, comparison, and 

 study of the material objects and facts ascertained required his 

 close application. He also connnenced the paper presented 

 by him in this volume. 



JMr. Victor Mindeleff, in the first part of the fiscal year, 

 completed models of the seven villages of the ancient Province 

 of Tusayan, together with a relief model illustrating the topo- 

 graphical character of the province. The model of Walpi, of 

 this series, was carried out in such a manner as to show on a 

 large scale the character of the rocky mesa on which the town 

 is built. Several types of cliff ruins were also modeled for 

 this series, among them the White House ruin of Caiion de 

 Chelly and the munnny cave of Canon de la Muerte. After 

 August 1 this work was carried on under the supervision of 

 Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff, who also prepared a model of the great 

 Etowah mound from the data of Mr. V. Mindeleff 's survey; he 

 also furnished several other examples of mounds, with sec- 

 tions, under the direction of Prof Cyrus Thomas. This work 

 was carried on without interruption until December 7, when 

 Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff was ordered to New Orleans, to take 

 charge of the combined exhibits of tlie U. S. Geological 

 Survey and the Bureau of Ethnology, and was instructed to 

 look after the proper installation of the same in the Govern- 

 ment building. He returned to Washington about February 

 1. Daring the ensuing four months the small force in the 



