84 INDIANS OF THK SUlTinVKST. 



Hopi place pots of inii>li in holo in llic ground which 

 ha\(' been heated hy a fire and cover them with ashes 

 and hot coals nntil they are thoroughly cooked. At 

 Zuni and alon^ the Uio (irande. the Mexican dome- 

 shaped ovens are j2;enerally used. 



Hutitifig. The eastern j)ueblos, those of Taos, l^i- 

 curis, ami Pecos especially, used to make expeditions 

 to th(* Plains, princij)ally alonji; the Canadian and 

 Arkansas Hi\ers to hunt buffalo. Such trips could 

 be made safely only l)y a large number of men and with 

 the greatest precaution against surprise by the Plains 

 tribes. They were under the control of the war chief 

 as were all communal hunts. The communal hunting 

 of antelope, deer, and elk, because of their scarcity 

 has not been practised in recent years, but such hunts 

 for rabbits are still maintained. The men and boys 

 surround a large tract of suitable land. dri\e the 

 rabbits toward the center and then kill them with bows 

 and arrows and with throwing sticks. These clubs 

 resemble in form the Australian boomerang but do not 

 have the particular character which makes that imple- 

 ment return to the thrower. Deer and antelope may 

 have been hunted in a similar manner, but Capt. Bourke 

 in 1881 saw corrals of brush near Hopi into which an- 

 telope were driven. Still hunting by individuals was, 

 of course, practised. Mr. Gushing tells in detail 

 how fetishes were used in such hunts. 



Fish for food were taken in the Rio C irande region 

 where there seems to be no taboo against their 

 use. One of the in(\<t interesting phases of South- 



