ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XLV 



during his residence at Zufii was utilized in a number of 

 minor papers. 



The Eightli Annual Report of the Bureau contains a "Stud}' 

 of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cil)ola," by Victor 

 Mindeleff. During the decade beginning with 1879 Mr James 

 Stevenson made extensive collections in Zuni and the other 

 pueblos, illustrated catalogues of which were published in the 

 Second and Third Annual Reports. Mrs M. C. Stevenson 

 accompanied her husband to the Pueblo countrv in 1879, and 

 soon became interested in the studv of this most fascinating 

 people. Her visits have been repeated at frequent intervals 

 down to the present year, and her observations are now 

 brought together in the accompanying paper, "The Zuni 

 Indians: Their Mythology, Esoteric Societies, and Ceremonies." 

 Mrs Stevenson has published a number of papers dealing with 

 the particular phases of Zuni life. "Zuni and tlie Zufiians " was 

 printed privately; " Religious Life of the Zuni Child " appeared 

 in the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau; "From 'the Zuni 

 Scalp Ceremonial'" in The Congress of Women, vol. 2, Chi- 

 cago, 1894; "Zuni Ancestral Gods and Masks" in Tlie 

 American Anthropologist for 1893; "Zuiii Mythology" in the 

 memoirs of the International Congress of Anthro})ology, Chi- 

 cago, 1894, and "Zuni Games" in The American Anthropol- 

 ogist for 1893. 



In the accompanying paper Mrs Stevenson does not 

 attempt a monographic study of the Zunis, the subject being 

 too extensive for presentation in a single volume. Ih-ief 

 sketches describing' the evervdav life, arts, and customs of 

 the peo})le are given, but chief attenticm is devoted to the 

 mvthologv, the esoteric fraternities, and the ceremonies of tlie 

 people. These subjects are here presented in the detail which 

 their importance demands. Mrs Stevenson's })rolonged visits 

 to Zuni and lier intimate acquaintance with its people, es))e- 

 ciallv with their inner life, give ample assurance that the true 

 nature of the beliefs and practices of this tribe is here revealed. 



