more elaborate tales which are worked into the fabric of the legends of the Navaho, and which are common to their mythology and to that of the northwest coast, seem to me to be a certain proof of the complex origin of the Navaho traditions. It is important to note that coincidences with Siouan and Algonquian legends are rare, and that only such are found as occur also on the North-Pacific coast."
Colorado. In the "American Antiquarian" for July-August, 1897 (vol. xix. pp. 223–226), Mr. L. W. Gunckel describes some "Ruins and Picture Writings in the Cañons of the Elmo and Hovenweep," on the borders of Colorado and Utah.
Keresan. Under the title, "The Verification of a Tradition," F. W. Hodge contributes to the "American Anthropologist" for September, 1897 (vol. x. pp. 299–302), an account of the exploration of the celebrated Mesa Encantada, which figures in the migration legends of the Indians of the Pueblo of Acoma. The result was the finding of "abundant evidence that the enchanted mesa was inhabited at a remote period, and that the tradition to that effect is substantially true."
Klamath. A valuable addition to the slowly increasing literature of ethno-botany is F. V. Coville's "Notes on the Plants used by the Klamath Indians of Oregon," which appears in the "Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium" (vol. v. No. 2, June, 1897), published by the Department of Agriculture at Washington. The material was collected in the Klamath country in the summer of 1894, and both scientific and native names of plants are given, with notes of their economic use.
Northwest Coast. Under the title, "On Certain Stone Images," in the American Anthropologist" for November, 1897 (vol. x. pp. 376–377), Prof. Cyrus Thomas gives an account of a "luck" made at Neah Bay by an Indian fisherman.
Tusayan. In the "Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology," 1894–95 (Washington, 1897), Dr. J. W. Fewkes writes of "Tusayan Snake Ceremonies" (pp. 267–312). After a general introductory note, details are given of the Ceremonies at Cipaulovi, Cuñopava, and Oraibi, in August, 1896, besides notes on the implements and instruments employed. The article concludes with interesting "Theoretic Deductions" (pp. 299–308). The ceremony seems to be "a rain-making observance, tinged with sun-worship," to which have been added Corn (growth) rites. Dr. Fewkes regards as still unsettled the question "whether the Tusayan Snake Dances were derived from the Keresan, or vice versâ, or whether both differentiated from a common source."
Uto-Aztecan. Mexican. As a reprint from the "Revue des Religions" appears H. Castonnet des Fosses' "Les Origines du
