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similar objects on the peak of Mount Taylor, and that he understood that 

 each tribe left offerings of a peculiar character at this " Sacred place." 



In volume III, page 41, of the Reports of the Pacific Railroad Survey, 

 there is a short account, with a figure, of one of these so-called altars at 

 Old Zuni. 



A number of articles of which extended descriptions would be of little 

 value, unless accompanied with illustrations, were obtained from some of 

 the Pueblos and from the Apache and Navajo Indians. Those before me 

 are as follows : 



17352.* War-shield of Hosta, an old chief of the Jemez, whom 

 Lieutenant Simpson mentions as governor of the Pueblo of Jemez, and 

 of whom he gives a full length figure in his report. Hosta is represented 

 in this figure with a similar shield, the two differing slightly in their 

 decoration. The shield before me, which was secured by Mr. Francis 

 Klett in 1873, is made of thick leather and is painted on the outside. 

 Across the centre is a broad band of red ; above this band the shield is 

 painted yellow, and below black. On the lower or black portion are two 

 stars with a red centre and four rays of a yellowish-green color. Around 

 the upper border and hanging down the sides is a piece of red flannel to 

 which numerous feathers are attached, as represented on Lieutenant Simp- 

 son's plate. A cover of soft buckskin protects the shield when not in use. 

 On the inner side are two long bands by which the shield was fastened to 

 the arm or suspended from the shoulders. 



17351. A similar leather shield was obtained by Dr. Yarrow at the 

 Pueblo of Isleta, but is more elaborately decorated. The colors used are 

 red, yellow, and green. The central design consists of a crescent on each side 

 of which are two figures terminating in arrow-points, such as are usually 

 regarded as symbols of lightning. Like Hosta's shield, this has a fringe of 

 feathers fastened to red and purple flannel. 



17350. A pair of child's moccasins, from the Pueblo of Santa Clara, 

 New Mexico. Dr. Yarrow, 1874. These are neatly made, with soft buck- 

 skin uppers and a sole of undressed skin with the hair still remaining on 

 the outside. The upper leather terminates behind in a fringe, and in front 



"These numbers are those under which the objects are catalogued in the Smithsonian Institution. 



