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the country and ground plans of houses and apartments will illustrate 

 the report and give effect to the descriptions and discussion. 



Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff devoted the early i)art of the fiscal year to the 

 .preparation of a report upon the exhibits of the Bureau of Ethnology and 

 the Geological Survey at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1884; 

 the Southern Exposition at Louisville, 1884 ; and the Industrial and 

 Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans, 1884-'85. The report 

 includes a descrii^tive catalogue of the various exhibits. As these con- 

 sisted largely of models, and as the locality or object represented by 

 each model was described in detail, the report was lengthy. It was 

 finished in October and transmitted to the commissioner representing 

 the Interior Department. During the remainder of the year the por- 

 tion of time which Mr. Mindeleff was able to devote to oflSce work was 

 employed in assisting Mr. Victor Mindeleff in the preparation of a pre- 

 liminary report on the architecture of Zuui and Tusayan (Moki). The 

 portion assigned to him consists of an introductory chapter, which will 

 include a review of the literature of the subject and a chapter devoted 

 to traditionary history of Tusayan, from material collected by Mr. A. 

 M. Stephen, of Ream's Canon, Ariz. 



The modeling room has remained in charge of Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff. 

 The preparation of a duplicate series of the models made in the past 

 few years and now deposited in the National Museum was continued, a 

 large portion of the time being given to that work. During the year 

 the following models were added to this series, which now consists ot 

 eighteen models : (1) Relief map of the high plateaus of southern Utah; 

 (2) model of Leadville and vicinity; (3) model of Shimopavi, Tusayan, 

 Arizona; (4) model of Etowah mound, Georgia; (5) model of Mishon- 

 ginivi; (6) model of Zuui; (7) model of Penasco Blanco; (8) models of 

 Etruscan graves (series to illustrate Etruscan graves, from material 

 furnished by Mr. Thomas Wilson). 



During 1886, and continuously to the end of the fiscal year, Mr. E. 

 W. Nelson has devoted much time to preparing a report ui)on the Es- 

 kimo of northern Alaska, for which his note-books and large collections 

 obtained in that region furnish ample material. During 1886 the vo- 

 cabularies, taken from twelve Eskimo dialects for use in Arctic Alaska, 

 were arranged in the form of an English-Eskimo and Eskimo-Eng- 

 lish dictionary. These dictionaries, with notes upon the alphabet and 

 grammar, will form one part of his report. The other part, upon 

 which he is at work at present, will consist of chapters upon various 

 phases of Eskimo life and customs in Alaska, and will be illustrated by 

 photographs taken by him on the spot, and by specimens collected dur- 

 ing his extended journeys in that region. Mr. Nelson's notes upon 

 Eskimo legends, festivals, and other customs will form an imjDortant 

 contribution. 



Mr. Lucien M. Turner is also engaged in the preparation of a similar 

 report upon the Eskimo, in the form of a descriptive catalogue of the 



