ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 19 



tins 44, 46, and 47, added to the literal-}- material regardiug 

 the Creek Indians, collected additional data for a tribal 

 map of the Indians of the United States, and initiated a 

 study of the Natchez language with the special object of 

 comparing it with the other dialects of the Muskhogean 

 family. Doctor Swanton also spent some time in studying 

 the Chitimacha and Tunica languages. 



From July, 1910, until the middle of April, 1911, Mrs. 

 M. C. Stevenson, ethnologist, was engaged in the comple- 

 tion of a paper on Dress and Adornment of the Pueblo 

 Indians, in the elaboration of her report on Zuiii Plants 

 and Their Uses, and in transcribing her field notes pertain- 

 ing to Zuiii religious concepts and the mythology and eth- 

 nology of the Taos Indians. 



Mrs. Stevenson left Washington on April 12 and pro- 

 ceeded directly to the country of the Tewa Indians, in 

 the valley of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, for the pur- 

 pose of continuing her investigation of those fjeople. Until 

 the close of the fiscal year her energies were devoted to 

 the pueblo of San Udefonso and incidentally to Santa 

 Clara, information particularly in regard to the Tewa cal- 

 endar system, ceremonies, and material culture being 

 gained. Mrs. Stevenson finds that the worship of the San 

 Udefonso Indians includes the same celestial bodies as are 

 held sacred by the Zufii and other Pueblos. From the 

 foundation laid during her pre^aous researches among the 

 Tewa, Mrs. Stevenson reports that she has experienced 

 little difficulty in obtaining an insight into the esoteric life 

 of these people, and is daily adding to her store of knowl- 

 edge respecting their religion and sociology. A complete 

 record of obstetrical practices of the Tewa has been made, 

 and it is found that they are as elaborate as related prac- 

 tices of the Taos people. The San Udefonso inhabitants 

 do not seem to have changed their early customs regarding 

 land tenure, and they adhere tenaciously to their marriage 

 customs and birth rites, notwithstanding the long period 

 during which missionaries have been among them. It is 

 expected that, of her many lines of study among the Tewa 



