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Title: Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Ethnology Indians
Publisher: Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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he Southwest could be Ijegun. Hut exposure and overwork shortenedthe days of this earnest workei, and after his untimely death in 188Sit remained for Dr J. AV. Fewkes, Dr Walter Hough, Dr George H.Pepper, and others to verifj his opinions. The valuable archeologiccollections made in recent years are evidence of the correctness of MrStevensons convictions. The writer has made several prolonged visits to Zuni, and after manjyears of investigation and intimate acquaintance with the priests, the-urgists, and the people generally, feels sufficiently acquainted withthem, their life, and their thoughts, to venture a presentation of theiresoteric beliefs, their rituals, habits, and customs. The limitations ofthis volume, however, make it necessary to give only a restrictedaccount of many subjects that are deserving of more extensive treat-ment, and much material has been reserved for future publication. a Mr J. Stanley-Brown was the first of the party to discover human remains in this canyon.
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en Z) _i Hi Q Z o>z < o STEVENSON) INTRODUCTION 19 While the writer has gone deeply into the subject of the religion ofthe Zunis, and is able to record the more important details of theirphilosophy, there are yet many fields to be worked, and an attemptat drawing final conclusions will not be made until more extensivestudies of allied tribes have been undertaken. If that which is herepresented serves as a basis for future investigation, and aids the Gov-ernment to a better understanding of the North American Indians, theauthor will have succeeded in her purpose. Whatever has been accomplished by the writer at Zuni and else-where is largely due to the training and instruction received from herlamented husband and companion, James Stevenson. JNIuch of thepresent volume is based on his notes and records. His plans forethnologic research were far-reaching, and he expected to give manyyears to their completion. His life was devoted to the establishmentand development of

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