328 COLl.ECTIONS OF 1879. 



living, the general habits, and characteristics of the tribe are similar to 

 those of the other Pueblo Indians, and although they make use of pot- 

 tery for domestic purposes, they do not manufacture it. Some pieces, 

 such as water jars and vessels used for cooking, are made in the village, 

 but this occurs only in such families as have intermarried with other 

 tribes where the manufacture of the native ware is carried on. 



The Pueblos among whom the manufacture of pottery or earthenware 

 utensils may be classed as a conspicuous feature of their i^eculiar civili- 

 zation at the present time, are situated geographically as follows : San 

 Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, 

 Sandia, and Isleta, located on the Rio Grande ; Pojake, Tesuke, Nambe, 

 Jamez, Zia or SilUi, Santa Ana, Laguna, and Acoma, situated on the 

 tributaries of the Eio Grande ; Zuili, and some small pueblos of the 

 same tribe all within the borders of Kew Mexico. Zuui however is 

 located on the Rio Ziiiii, which flows into the Little Colorado River. 



The Moki pueblos, numbering seven iu all, are embraced in what is 

 called the Province of Tusyan, and are located within the Territory of 

 Arizona, near its northeastern corner. 



The Zuiiians and Shiuumos, although situated farther from civilized 

 people and less influenced by their usages than any of the other Indians 

 mentioned, surpass all the other tribes in the mauufiicture of all kinds 

 of earthenware. The collections made from these tribes, as will be seen 

 by reference to the catalogue, exceed, both in number and variety, those 

 from all the others combined. The collection as enumerated in the cata- 

 logue includes specimens from all the pueblos referred to. 



Although the uses of these articles are to a great extent the same 

 among all the Pueblo tribes, and the shapes and forms are apparently 

 similar, yet to the experienced eye there is no difficulty in detecting the 

 peculiarities which distinguish one from the other, or at least in assign- 

 ing them to the tribes with which they originated. 



It will be observed by relerence both to the colored and wood-cut 

 illustrations that there are special distinctions between the ornamenta- 

 tion of the pottery of the pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley and of those 

 situated on the tributaries of the Eio Colorado. In the decorations of 

 the former the birds and vine are conspicuous and constantly recurring 

 features, while in the Zuiii and Shinumo pottery the elk, domestic ani- 

 mals, and birds peculiar to these arid regions are the figures most fre- 

 quently used. The differeuce is easily accounted for when we are informed 

 of the fact that the former tribes reside iu the valley of the Rio Grande, 

 which is well adapted to the cultui-e of the grape as well as other crops. 

 The ever-present viue and the numerous birds which flock to this fer- 

 tile valley will naturally suggest figures for decoration. Ou the other 

 hand, the Zuiiians and Shiuumos reside in regions almost destitute of 

 water, and hence without any attractive vegetation; therefore their de- 

 signs are drawn chiefly from the sharp outlines of their dwellings, their 

 domestic animals, birds, and the elk and antelope that graze in the little 



