Rev. J. Owen Dorsey, Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D. C.
Mr. W. W. Rockhill, the distinguished Oriental scholar and explorer.
Hon. H. T. Allen, Secretary Corean Legation.
Mrs. F. D. Bergen, and many other correspondents.
Last, but not least, to Dr. J. Hampden Porter, of the city of Washington, whose friendly offices amounted practically to a collaboration.
All papers of this series which relate to the manners and usages of the Indians of the southwestern portion of our territory, especially those concerning the urine dances, phallic dances, snake dances of the Zuñis, Mokis, and other Pueblos; the Navajoes of New Mexico; the sun dance of the Sioux, etc., have been compiled from memoranda gathered under the direction of Lieutenant-General P. H. Sheridan, in 1881 and 1882. Those referring to Apaches, etc., of Arizona; to Northern Mexico; to pueblo ruins and cliff and cave dwellings; to Sioux, Cheyennes, Crows, Arapahoes, Pawnees, Shoshones, Utes, and other tribes, extending back to 1869, were mainly obtained while the author was serving as aide-de-camp upon the staff of Brigadier-General George Crook, during the campaigns conducted by that officer against hostile tribes west of the Missouri, from the British line down into Mexico, and to a considerable extent under General Crook’s direction, and with his encouragement and assistance.
The translations from German texts were made by Messrs. Smith, Pratz, and Bunnemeyer, while for the analysis of the pills made out of the ordure of the Grand Lama of Thibet, the author desires to express his acknowledgments to Dr. W. M. Mew.
J. G. B.