OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XIX 



During- the four days Mr. Gushing was able to pass among the 

 Coconinos, who call themselves Ha-va-su-pai, "People of the 

 willows," he collected a vocabulary of more than four hundred 

 words, recorded some of the myths of the tribe, and succeeded 

 in securing valuable notes regarding the manners, customs, in- 

 dustries, and religion of these people. Dispatching his Moki 

 and Zufii Indians back to their respective pueblos, he proceeded 

 with Tits-ke-mat-se, in company with a prospector named 

 Harvey Sample, as guide, to Fort Whipple, Arizona. Here he 

 was kindly received and greatly aided in the investigations of 

 ancient ruins in the neighborhood of Prescott and Fort Verde, 

 by General O. B. Willcox, U. S. A., and officers of his com- 

 mand, particularly Lieutenant W. W. Wotherspoon. 



Between Camp Hud-la -pai (Walapai), in Western Arizona, 

 and the cliff ruins of the Rio Verde, he discovered a remarka- 

 ble series of mesa strongholds, exhibiting a crude form of 

 what he regarded as incipient Pueblo architecture. 



Mr. Gushing had long been desirous of entering the Order of 

 the Bow, a remarkable esoteric and religious organization of 

 warriors among the Zufiis, with the object of increasing his 

 opportunities of research. After his return to Zufii from the 

 trip above described he was for the first time able to make the 

 preliminary arrangements necessary for his initiation, and was 

 admitted to membership in this society. His initiation and its 

 consequent immediate advantages enabled him to ascertain 

 that he had but made a beginning in the study of the native 

 religious institutions. He was soon after elected, by virtue of 

 his membership, Assistant Chief to the Governor, or Head Chief 

 of Zufii, which election was followed within a few months by 

 nomination and subsequent confirmation to the Head War 

 Chieftaincy of the tribe. 



In order that he might study the dance societies, or Ka'-ka, 

 of the Zufiis, it became necessary for him either to marry into 

 the tribe or to perform some service to the Indians which should 

 increase their faith in him and exalt their opinion of him. He 

 determined, therefore, to effect, if possible, a tour through the 

 East with some of the principal chiefs and priests of the tribe, 

 especially as the latter were desirous of securing sacred water 



