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son in a lifetime, was given to him; then he was initiated into tribal fraternities and gradually inducted into the religious ceremonies and mysteries; and long before he left the pueblo, he was the second chief of the tribe, the Head Priest of the Bow, and lived with the family of the governor, wearing native dress, eating native food, and participating in all native occupations and pastimes. Such was Cushing’s college course in ethnology.

“When he left Zuñi, Mr. Cushing brought with him to Boston and other Eastern cities a party of Zuñi headmen and priests, who attracted much attention and awakened deep interest in Indigenous life. One of the results was the organization of the Hemenway Archeological Expedition, endowed by the late Mrs. Mary Hemenway of Boston; in 1886–88, Mr. Cushing had charge of the work. Subsequently, he returned to the service of the Bureau and began preparing the records of his research in Zuñi for publication; a part of this material was published in the Thirteenth Report under the title ‘Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths.’”