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to the neighboring Jemez pueblo. On the 27th Mrs Steven- 

 son reached Cochiti, whence a visit was made to the great stone 

 carving of cougars on the mesa 10 miles distant. In Mrs 

 Stevenson's comparative studies these sculptures are of 

 special interest, as they are referred to in some of the most 

 sacred myths of the Zuni. The first part of September was 

 employed in a visit to the cavate and mesa ruins about 12 

 miles from Santa Clara and in making observations among 

 the Tewa people of San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, and San Juan 

 pueblos. The religious beliefs, rituals, and daily customs of 

 these people were found to be closely allied to those of the 

 Zuiii, difference in language alone indicating that distinct 

 peoples are involved. In October Mrs Stevenson I'eturned to 

 Washington, where she has since been engaged in the revision 

 of proofs of her memoir on the Zinli Indians, in the Twenty- 

 third Annual Report, and, as opportunity afforded, in the 

 elaboration of her several studies on Zuni religious beliefs, 

 on the edible and medicinal plants of the Zvuii, on symbol- 

 ism as embodied in the textile and ceramic arts, and on the 

 dyeing of textile fabrics. 



Dr J. R. Swanton, ethnologist, was engaged during the 

 year in copying and preparing for the press material obtained 

 by him among the Tlingit Indians of Alaska during the win- 

 ter of 1903-4. This work, as completed, consists of 137 

 pages treating of the general ethnology of the Tliagit peo- 

 ples, 20 native texts with interlinear anfl free translations, 

 the words of about 100 songs, with translations, together 

 with English versions of 88 stories obtained at Sitka and 

 Wrangell — altogether making 900 typewritten pages. Doc- 

 tor Swanton has prepared also grammatical accounts of the 

 Dakota, Haida, and Tlingit languages for introduction into 

 the Handbook of American Indian Languages now in course 

 of preparation imder the direction of Dr Franz Boas, honorary 

 philologist of the Bureau; and he has also been called on to 

 contribute several articles for the Handbook of American 

 Indians, including kinship, names and naming, priests and 

 priesthood, secret societies, social organizations, thunderbird, 

 totem poles, and numerous tribal articles. 



