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Cushing (FRANK HAMILTON an when years)

FRANK HAMILTON, an when 19 years old was made curator of the ethnological exhibit at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Accompanying Powell's New Mexico expedition, he settled among the Zuni Indians for the purpose of study. In 1881 he conducted excavations in Arizona, and in 1895 discovered archæological remains in Florida. In 1897 he became connected with the United States Bureau of Ethnology.

Among his works are "The Myths of Creation," and "The Arrow." He died in Washington, April 10, 1900.