pollen and humming-bird feathers, and I send to you precious stones,
and tobacco, which you must smoke; it has been lighted by the sun's
rays, and for this I beg you to give me a good dance; be with me!
Earth, I beg you to give me a good dance, and I offer to you food of
humming-bird's plumes and precious stones, and tobacco to smoke
lighted by the sun's rays, to pay for using you for the dance; make
a good solid ground for me, that the gods who come to see the dance
may be pleased at the ground their people dance upon; make my people
healthy and strong of mind and body.

In addition to his exhaustive account of the Hasjelti Dailjis and of the
curious dry-sand painting which the Navajo in common with the Pueblo
tribes make a prominent feature of their mysteries, and of which
illustrations are furnished, Mr. Stevenson presents translations of six
of the Navajo myths, some of which elucidate parts of the ceremony
forming the main title of his paper. These myths are set forth in a
simple and straightforward style, which gives intrinsic evidence that
they retain the spirit of the original. They are certainly free from the
pretentious embellishment and literary conceit which have perverted
nearly all the published forms of Indian myths and tales hitherto
accessible to general readers, and have even misled the numerous special
students who had no facilities for verification.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

_Classification of expenditures made from the appropriation for North
American ethnology for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887._

Expenses. Amount Amount
expended. appropriated.

Services $27,988.59
Traveling expenses 2,339.89
Transportation of property 164.90
Field subsistence 102.30
Field supplies 204.51
Field material 11.54
Instruments 1.75
Laboratory material 5.00
Photographic material 16.30
Books and maps 176.43
Stationery 133.12
Illustrations for report 411.00
Goods for distribution to Indians 100.00
Office furniture