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Title: Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ..
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
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Publisher: Washington, D.C., G.P.O.
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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ite corn is removed fromthe col), washed, cracked in the coarser mill and in the next brokeninto finer bits, and put into the stew; salt, the condiment kulantu (aMexican name),6 and chilli are added, the latter making the dish lookas though tomatoes formed an ingredient. In camp, meat is roastedbefore the fire. Large game is always enjoyed, but is becoming scarcer every year.Jack-rabbits and little cottontails are abundant. Most game is stewed,if served in the village; in camp it is roasted. Game is a necessaryoffering to the Beast Gods to induce them to act as mediators betweenthe Zunis and the anthropic gods. Deer meat is cut into strips, sundried, and preserved for ceremonials and for guests who are present «The sheep and gnat corrals, which are within the town and elose to the houses, render the air inmoist weather offensive in the extreme.i A fuller description of plant food will he given in a later publication. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOG> TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT PL. XCII
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FLAYING A BEEF stevf.nson) ARTS AND INDUSTRIES 369 at such times from other pueblos, for the best must always be placedbefore strangers. While the Zufiis do not eat horses, they sometimes eat a burro whichhas died from hunger or abuse. They raise large numbers of horses.but keep them exclusively for riding. A native drink, which the Zufiis claim is not intoxicating, is madefrom sprouted corn. The corn is moistened and placed in the sununtil it sprouts. Another drink which the Zunis enjoy is takunakiawe(head water), made of popped corn ground in the finest mill. Thepowder is put into a bowl and cold water is poured over it. Themixture is strained before it is drunk. This beverage is also used inceremonies and during fasts of the rain priests. Coffee with sugar is greatly relished, the Zufiis obtaining it at anycost within their means. Tea is also enjoyed by these people. Whiskyis rarely, if ever, used. The Zufiis have only two meals daily. Breakfast is served about11 oclock, after the

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