XL BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



ACCOMPANYING PAPERS 



Two papers of very considerable ethnological impor- 

 tance are appended to this report. The first is by Dr 

 J. W. Fewkes, ethnologist, and relates to certain super- 

 natural beings of the Hopi Indian pantheon known as 

 katcinas. The work is profusely illustrated by a series 

 of colored plates reproduced from the original drawings 

 made by a native artist well versed in the symbolism of 

 his people. The drawings and the data relating to them 

 were collected by Doctor Fewkes in 1900. 



The tribes of the old province of Tusayan form a unique 

 group among the American aborigines, their history and 

 culture being of extreme interest to the ethnologist. 

 They have been studied in part by a number of able eth- 

 nologists, bv;t our knowledge of their history and culture 

 is yet far from satisfactory. Doctor Fewkes 's study of 

 the Hopi katcinas covers new ground and throws fresh 

 light on the religious customs and art of these people. 



The second paper is by Mr J. N. B. Hewitt, ethnolo- 

 gist, and embodies three versions of the cosmologic myth 

 of the Iroquoian tribes of New York and Canada. In 

 order to convey a definite and full understanding of the 

 native concepts embodied in these myths, Mr Hewitt has 

 recorded them in the most painstaking manner in the 

 Irofiuoian vernacular, adding interlinear and very literal 

 translations, in which he recasts the barbaric thought as 

 far as possible in English words ; these are accompanied 

 by free translations into English, which are, however, 

 permitted to retain still something of the idiomatic 

 quaintness of the original tongue. It may be safely 

 assumed that philologists as well as students of primitive 

 philosophy .and myth will find in these contributions to 

 the history of the Ii'oquois much of interest and value, 

 since Mr Hewitt is not only an accomplished linguist but 

 is master of the Tuscarora language and readily translates 

 the other northern Iroquoian dialects. 



