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the question involved in the statement on page 71 : "The transfer of all this lore and power from the ancient wiseacres of the tribe to the keeping of the priest societies must have been a very gradual process, which was made possible only by the close community life adopted by the people, but the transfer was completed centuries ago, and since that time the priesthood has been in control." — To the "American Anthropologist" (vol. i. N. S. pp. 251-276) for April, 1899, Dr. J. Walter Fewkes contributes an illustrated article on "The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo." The people in question are immigrants (among the most recent arrivals in Tusa- yan), who " have not yet, as the others, lost their language, nor been merged into the Hopi people, but still preserve intact many of their ancient customs." The object of the Hano Tuntai rites or Winter Solstice ceremony seems to be, like that of the SoyaluTia of the Hopis, " to draw back the sun in its southern declination, and to fertilize the corn and other seeds and increase all worldly posses- sions." Dr. Fewkes also informs us that "the Tilntai at Hano differs more widely from the Winter Solstice ceremony at Walpi, a gunshot away, than the Walpi observance differs from that at Oraibi, twenty miles distant." In the course of the article the author gives a list of the Tewa names for months current at Hano (p. 261), also the names (pp. 255-256) of the 136 individuals (men, women, children) belonging to Hano Pueblo. We learn, besides, that at Hano almost every one has a Hopi and a Tewa name. — In the " American Anthropologist " (vol. i. N. S. pp. 523-544) for July, 1899, Dr. J. Walter Fewkes discusses "The Alosaka Cult of the Hopi Indians." The Alosakas, as their name reveals to us, are "horned beings " whose worship still survives in Hopi ritual. The Alosaka cult is "a highly modified form of animal totemism," the Alosaka really representing the mountain-sheep. The purpose of the cult-rites seems to be " to cause seeds, especially corn, to germi- nate and grow, and to bring rain to water the farms." Dr. Fewkes's article is illustrated, and much interesting information concerning the sun-symbolism of the Hopi Indians is given. — To the July- August number of the " American Antiquarian " (vol. xxi. pp. 209- 232) Rev. S. D. Peet contributes an interesting illustrated article on " Agriculture among the Pueblos and Cliff -Dwellers." The author believes that the key to the culture of these peoples lies in the fact that they were agriculturalists, improved by long-continued sedentary life. — In the March-April number of the same journal (pp. 99-123) Dr. Peet has another illustrated article on " Relics of the Cliff- Dwellers." He emphasizes the "uniqueness" of the stone relics in question, their pottery and other implements. — The November-De- cember number also contains (pp. 349-368) an illustrated article by

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