XXXVIII REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



Historical Exjjosition at Madi-id. The series comprised models 

 of the Pueblo of Zufii, New Mexico, the Pueblo of Wal])i, 

 Arizona, and Mummy Cave cliff ruin, Arizona, all of large size, 

 together with three smaller models of ruins. 



All indefinite leave of absence without pay was granted to 

 Mr Frank Hamilton Gushing in December, 1886, in order that 

 he might organize and conduct the inijiortant explorations in 

 southern Arizona and the Zuni country provided for by Mrs 

 Mary Hemenway, of Boston. His successful prosecution of 

 this work Avas suddenly interrupted in the spring of 1889 by 

 a severe and prostrating illness, which disabled him until the 

 summer of 1891. He was therefore unable to resume promised 

 work on his older Zuni material for the Bureau until August, 

 1891, when he began the preparation of a memoir on the Zuni 

 myths of creation and migration as related to the mythic 

 drama-dance organization, or Kdkd, of the Zviiii.s — the so-called 

 Kachina ceremonials of the other southwestern Pueblo tribes. 

 Mr Cushing's discoveries, as set forth in this essay, confirm and 

 substantiate the opinion held by the Director that all jirimitive 

 so-called dance ceremonials are essentially di'amatic, and tliey 

 go so far as to indicate also that all primitive ceremonials, of 

 whatever nature, are essentially dramaturgic, thus making his 

 contribution of general as well as of special significance. 



In January, 1892, Mr Gushing again reported at Washing- 

 ton and was regularly engaged as an ethnologist of the Bureau 

 on February 1, and he has since been occupied in elaborating 

 his paper on the myths of the drama dances and on a study of 

 manual concepts or the influence of primitive hand usages on 

 mental development in the culture growth of mankind. The 

 memoir on the former subject appears in this volume. 



Mrs Stevenson returned from the field in March, 1892, and 

 was employed for the remainder of the fiscal year in preparing 

 her field notes for publication. 



Mr Gerard Fowke was engaged during December and Jan- 

 viary in preparing a report of his season's work in archeology, 

 arranging and classifying the specimens procured, and embody- 

 ing in reports, previously prepared, the results of recent dis- 

 coveries. His report is appended hereto. 



