TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



Page. 



Introductory 



Publications ^^^ 



Introduction to the study of Indian languages, by J. W. Powell xvi 



Houses and bouse- life of the American aborigines, by Lewis H. Morgan. xvm 



Linguistic work ^^ 



The (fegiha language, by J. O. Dorsey ^^^ 



The Klamath language, by A. S. Gatschet ^^^ 



The Dakota language, by S. E. Eiggs ^^^ 



Bibliography of North American philology, by J. C. Pilling xxi 



Ethnologic work -^^^ 



Sign language and pictographs, by Garrick Mallery xxii 



Mortuary customs, by H. C. Yarrow xxiii 



Indian cessions of land, by C. C. Eoyce XXJil 



Field work ^'^^^ 



Papers accompanying this report xxvi 



Zuui fetiches, by F. H. Gushing ^^^^"^ 



Myths of the Iroquois, by E. A. Smith xxix 



Animal carvings from Mouuds of the Mississippi Valley, by H. W. Hen- 



shaw ^"^ 



Navajo Silversmiths, by- Washington Matthews xxxm 



Art in Shell of the ancient Amerians, by William H. Holmes xxxiv 



Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New 



Mexico and Arizona, in 1879 and 1880, by James Stevenson xxxvi 



Classification of expenditures xxxvii 



ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. 



ZUNI FETICHES, BY FRAJS'K HAMILTON CUSHING. 



Znfii philosophy " 



Worship of animals ^^ 



Origin of Zuiii fetichism ^^ 



The Zuiii Iliad 12 



Power of the fetiches ^^ 



Prey gods of the six regions 1" 



Their origin 1" 



Their power as mediators 1° 



Their worship ^" 



Prey gods of the hunt ^^ 



Their relation to the others - 20 



Their origin '*'' 



Their varieties • *^ 



Their relative values ^^ 



Their custodian ^^ 



The rites of their worship ^2 



Their power ^" 



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