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Show iS8o] AUTHORITIES 285 The Muskhogean family in the southeast can best be studied through A. S. Gatschet, Migration Legend of the Creek Indians ( 1884), an excellent monograph with critical references to the sources. J. C. Pilling, Bibliography of the Muskhogean Languages ( 1889), is, of course, invaluable for the literature. Of the early writers, James Adair, History of the American Indians ( 1775), is based largely on personal observation and is the best known, but should be read with caution. C. MacCauley, " The Seminole Indians of Florida " ( Bureau of Ethnology, Fifth Annual Report, 1887), describes the Florida Seminoles of to- day. INDIANS OP THB SOUTHWEST AND MEXICO The literature of this region is voluminous. A general discussion of the tribes, somewhat old but with many references to the early writers, is H. H. Bancroft, The Native Races, etc. ( 1874). For a general description of the Navajo, W. Matthews, Navaho Legends ( 1897), may be recommended. Special articles on the Navajo by the same writer will be found in the second, third, and fifth Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology. A study of " Navajo Houses," by C. Mindeleff ( Bureau of Ethnology, Seven-teenth Annual Report), should also be consulted. General popular works containing interesting descriptive matter are by G. W. James, Indians of the Painted Desert Region ( 1903); and G. A. Dorsey, Indians of the Southwest ( 1903). Neither of these works is critical. For the Yuman stock, W. J. McGee, " The Seri Indians " ( Bureau of Ethnology, Seventeenth Annual Report, 1898), may be noted. For the Pueblo group, A. F. Bandelier, " Final Report of Investigations among the Indians of the Southwestern United States" ( Archaeological Institute of America, Papers, 2 parts, 1890- 1892), V. Mindeleff, " A Study of Pueblo Architecture" ( Bureau of Ethnology, Eighth Annual Report, 1891), M. C. Stevenson, " The Sia" ( Bureau of Ethnology, Eleventh Annual Report, 1894), and the various publications of F. H. Cushing and of J. |
