﻿OF 
  THE 
  BUREAU 
  OF 
  ETHNOLOGY. 
  XXV 
  

  

  pologic 
  importance. 
  This 
  collection 
  contains 
  many 
  articles 
  

   novel 
  in 
  character 
  and 
  with 
  uses 
  differing 
  from 
  any 
  heretofore 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  forms 
  an 
  important 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  

   the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  A 
  study 
  of 
  their 
  religious 
  ceremonials 
  and 
  mythology 
  was 
  

   made, 
  of 
  which 
  full 
  notes 
  were 
  taken. 
  Sketches 
  were 
  made 
  

   of 
  their 
  masks 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  which 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  obtained 
  

   for 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Stevenson 
  was 
  also 
  enabled 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  minute 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  celebrated 
  dance, 
  or 
  medicine 
  ceremony, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Navajos, 
  called 
  the 
  Yeibit-cai. 
  She 
  made 
  complete 
  sketches 
  

   of 
  the 
  sand 
  altars, 
  masks, 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  employed 
  in 
  this 
  

   ceremonial. 
  

  

  WORK 
  OF 
  MESSRS. 
  VICTOR 
  MIXDELEFF 
  AND 
  COSMOS 
  MINDELEFF. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Victor 
  Mindeleff, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  engaged 
  for 
  several 
  

   years 
  in 
  investigating 
  the 
  architecture 
  of 
  the 
  pueblos 
  and 
  the 
  

   ruins 
  of 
  the 
  southwest, 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   at 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  Moki 
  towns 
  in 
  Arizona, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  

   party. 
  Mr. 
  Cosmos 
  Mindeleff 
  left 
  Washington 
  on 
  July 
  6 
  for 
  

   the 
  same 
  locality. 
  He 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  surveying 
  

   necessary 
  in 
  the 
  Stone 
  Village 
  region, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  his 
  

   work 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  report 
  of 
  that 
  division. 
  

  

  Visits 
  were 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  Moki 
  villages 
  in 
  succession, 
  obtain- 
  

   ing 
  drawings 
  of 
  some 
  constructional 
  details, 
  and 
  also 
  traditions 
  

   bearing- 
  on 
  the 
  ruins 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity. 
  The 
  main 
  camp 
  was 
  

   established 
  near 
  Mashonemavi, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Moki 
  villages. 
  A 
  

   large 
  ruined 
  pueblo, 
  formerly 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Mashongnavi, 
  

   was 
  here 
  surveyed. 
  No 
  standing 
  walls 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  time, 
  and 
  many 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  are 
  entirely 
  oblit- 
  

   erated. 
  Typical 
  fragments 
  of 
  pottery 
  were 
  collected. 
  

  

  Following 
  this 
  work, 
  four 
  other 
  ruined 
  pueblos 
  were 
  sur- 
  

   veyed, 
  and 
  such 
  portions 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  clearly 
  indicated 
  dividing- 
  

   walls 
  were 
  drawn 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  plans. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  ruins 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  tradi- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  Mokis, 
  have 
  been 
  occupied 
  in 
  comparatively 
  recent 
  

   times 
  — 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  having 
  been 
  abandoned 
  since 
  the 
  

   Spanish 
  conquest 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  In 
  several 
  cases 
  the 
  villages 
  

  

  