PREFACE. 
ALTHOUGH a great deal of time has been devoted to 
the study of the native peoples of the Southwest and 
the prehistoric ruins in that region by many ethnologists 
and archaeologists our knowledge of them is still far 
from complete. There are many ruins which have 
never been visited by a trained observer; the Rio 
Grande peoples persistently oppose the study of their 
ceremonial life; and notwithstanding the great number 
of treatises on the Hopi, there is none of them which 
gives a satisfactory account of their everyday life and 
of their social customs and organization. 
The author has first-hand knowledge of the Athapas- 
can speaking peoples only. The accounts given in the 
following pages of the prehistoric and sedentary peoples 
have been drawn from published papers by many 
authors. The most important works on the Southwest 
are listed at the end of this book and in them will be 
found the sources of the information here given. 
The author wishes to make grateful recognition here 
of the help given in the preparation and revision of the 
text by his colleagues in the Museum and by Mr. F. W. 
Hodge of Washington who has kindly read the proofs. 
The various illustrations have been credited to the per- 
sons who have permitted their use. Their generosity 
has added materially to whatever interest and value 
this short account of Southwestern peoples may have. 
1913 
