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and two pueblos on the Rio Grande. Assistant Curator Simms madi 

 two expeditions to the Crows of Montana, the result being a collectioi 

 of unparalleled interest in the possession of the Museum up to th< 

 present time from any of the Plains tribes. Especially notewortlr 

 in this extensive collection are a large number of very fine skii 

 garments from the times of the buffalo and an extensive collection o 

 over sixty buffalo shields. In connection with the work of collect 

 ing, Mr. Simms conducted ethnological investigations chiefly inti 

 the mythology and heraldry of the Crows. Mr. Hudson, specia 

 assistant of the Department, returned to California early in the yea 

 where he still remains continuing the work of investigation an> 

 collection among the California tribes. It will probably requir 

 another year to complete Mr. Hudson's field work in California, a 

 which time the entire state will have been covered. His success ha 

 been unexpectedly gratifying, owing to the fact that several of th 

 California tribes have been found much richer in material than ha> 

 been anticipated. Mr. Charles F. Newcombe, for several years a: 

 interested friend of this Department, began a systematic series c 

 investigations among certain tribes of the northwest coast early thi 

 year with a special object in view of strengthening and supplementin ; 

 the already valuable collection from this region. Mr. Newcombe ha 

 so far confined his attention to the Haidas, especially those c 

 Southern Alaska, where he has met with unexpected success and as 

 result a large and beautiful series of specimens have been added t 

 the collection from this region, which was hitherto poorly represented 

 A short exploration of two of the lower Tlingit villages was als 

 made, where he secured a number of very interesting ancien 

 carvings. Though not directly connected with the Department 

 Lieutenant Emmons generously placed his services at the dispositio 

 of the Museum during the summer of this year and purchased fo 

 the Museum ioo specimens of Tlingit manufacture, all o 

 unusual merit and forming a notable addition to the collectio: 

 purchased from him. Through a generous provision of Mr. W 

 McGee, of the Bureau of Ethnology, the Department was enabled t 

 arrange for a piece of co-operative work with the Bureau among th 

 Cheyenne. This work has been carried on during the year by Mi 

 James Mooney, a well known ethnologist of the Bureau, and wil 

 require an additional year for completion. As a result of this ivor 

 the Museum expects to acquire a complete collection of Cheyenn 

 artifacts in addition to the reproduction of an entire Cheyenn 

 camping circle as it existed many years ago. All the tipis of a certai: 

 year will be reproduced in miniature, properly decorated and wit 



