ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OBTAINED 

 FROM THE INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO IN 1880. 



By James Stevenson. 



INTRODUCTION. 



It is thought best that I should give, in connection with the catalogue 

 of collections made by the party under my charge in 1880-'8 1 , a brief 

 statement in relation to the collections described in the catalogues, and 

 the information obtained in regard to the Pueblo tribes. 



Our explorations during the field season of 1880 and 1881 were 

 restricted to the Pueblo tribes located along the Rio Grande and its 

 tributaries in New Mexico. The chief object in view was to secure as 

 soon as possible all the ethnological and archaeological data obtainable 

 before it should be lost to science by the influx of civilized population 

 which is being rapidly thrown into this region by the extension of rail- 

 roads into and through it. Not only are the architectural remains being 

 rapidly destroyed and archaeological specimens collected and carried 

 away by travelers, excursionists, and curiosity hunters, but the ancient 

 habits and customs of these tribes are rapidly giving way and falling 

 into disuse before the influence of eastern civilization. 



Our party, consisting, besides myself, of Mr. Galbraith, archjeologist, 

 Mr. Morancy, assistant, and Mr. J. K. Hillers, photographer, proceeded 

 to Santa Fe, N. Mex., where an outfit was secured for the season's work. 

 From here we proceeded to Taos, one of the most extensive pueblos in 

 the Rio Grande region. This village is situated on the Rio Taos a few 

 miles from the Rio Grande, and just under the shadow of the Taos 

 Mountains. It comprises two large sections, one on each side of the 

 Rio Taos. These are compactly built and each six stories high. The 

 industrial pursuits of these Indians are principally pastoral and agri- 

 cultural, they having a good market for their products in the Mexican 

 village of Fernandez de Taos, containing a population of about 4,000 

 Mexicans and eastern people. 



The party spent several days here making investigations and collec- 

 tions. The collection made was small but quite varied and novel, though 

 few of the articles obtained were of their own manufacture. 



Quite a number of stone implements were secured, among which 



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