XL BUREAIT OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



noloo-ists in this and other countries; and it seems probable 

 that tlie Iro(|Uois term will come into general use in the 

 English language for purposes of sophiologic discussion. Tlie 

 complete study is designed for publication in the second part 

 of Iroquois Creation Myths, which was nearly ready for the 

 press at the end of the 3'ear. 



For a number of years Mrs Matilda Coxe Stevenson has 

 been investigating the myths and ceremonies of the Zuili 

 Indians of New Mexico. During the fiscal year she has fin- 

 ished the revision of several incomplete chapters and arranged 

 the matter for the entire monograph in form for publication. 

 This work Avill prove a most interesting contribution to the 

 knowledge of a typical Pueblo tribe, which, although in some- 

 what familiar contact with the whites for a long period of years, 

 is so conservative in character as to have been but slightly in- 

 fluenced in manners and customs, beliefs and institutions. The 

 conditions under which Mrs Stevenson's studies were carried on, 

 especially with respect to the inner life of the people, were excep- 

 tionally favorable, and the value of the study is greatly enhanced 

 l)y the fact that primitive Zuni, owing to the encroachments of 

 civilization, promises soon to become a thing of the past. 



Although their researches were devoted primarily to other 

 Indian activities, several of the collaborators have made note- 

 worthy collections of sociologic material during the year, the 

 work of I)r Fewkes on Porto Rican zemis and zemeism, that 

 of Mr Mooney on the fiducial factors in Kiowa heraldry, that 

 of Dr Russell on the calendric systems and accompanying 

 l:)eliefs of the Pima Indians, that of Dr Jenks on the mythology 

 of birch bark, and that of Dr Swanton on the mythologic 

 features of social organization among the Haida Indians being 

 especially worthy of mention. 



Descriptive Ethnology 



In connection with his field work, Mr Mooney was able to 

 make some progress in the preparation of the Cyclopedia of 

 Native Tribes; and, when other duties permitted, Dr Thomas 

 continued the collection of material for this work, both from 

 current publications and from rare books that are constantly 

 being added to the library. 



