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Show OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XXXVII the face of the cliff, were evidences of the former existence of annexed exterior chambers below. The cliff walls beneath these apertures had evidently been hollowed out to form the rear wall of the annexed chamber, and were nicely plastered with red and yellow clay. Rows of small round holes were seen which, it was thought, had been used as rests for the rafters, while large quantities of roughly- squared stones used in building lay scattered about the base of the cliff. In some cases there appeared to be two and even three tiers of houses constructed in this manner. The ruins of six large circular chambers or estufas and of several other dwellings were found distributed over the slope which reaches from the foot of the cliffs to the small stream that flows in the bottom of the cafion. Photographs, sketches, and complete notes were also made explanatory of the industries, religion, and habits of the Pueblo Indians of Cochiti, whom Mr. Stevenson visited on his return. These are preserved for future reference and study. ZUftl RESEARCHES. WORK OF MR. F. H. CUSHING. On the 30th of August Mr. Frank Hamilton dishing proceeded to the Seneca Reserve, in Western New York, with the Zufti Indians who had accompanied him on his eastern trip, mentioned in the last annual report. Here he learned important and obscure facts relative to the social organizations of the Seneca, more especially the " medicine" fraternities. In the latter he found evidence of a society of " medicine priests," functionally identical with a similar organization among the Zuili, viz, that of the K&- ka- thU- na, or " grand medicine dance." Ho afterwards went to Zuili, N. Mex., arriving there on the 23d of September. Here, in the month of October, he resumed note taking and the sketching of Zulii dances and ceremonials as they occurred, adding to his vocabularies and memoranda on the sociologic system of the tribe, ceramic art decorations, and mythology, Thence he proceeded to Keam's Canon, Arizona Territory, the |