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which was published in the Smithsonian Report for that year; this was based on his wigwam collection, which later passed into the National Museum. In 1876, he had charge of a portion of the National Museum collection at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, where he informed visiting archaeologists through his interpretation and imitation of native handicraft; for his skill extended from stone chipping to pottery making, basket building, weaving, skin dressing, and all other native arts. In 1879, Major Powell employed him in the Bureau of American Ethnology, at first to collect artifacts from the pueblos; but the innate sympathy for simple life acquired in his isolated boyhood soon brought him into intimate relations with the living tribesmen, and the bond became so strong that he decided to remain at Zuñi, where for five years he lived as one of the tribe. After mastering the language, he acquainted himself with the Zuñi arts and industries; he was adopted into the ancient Macaw clan and the sacred name 'Medicine-flower,' borne by only one per-