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Clair, 2d, of the American ^luseuni; ]Mr. William Jones, on behalf of Columbia 

 Univert-ity; Dr. Roland B. Dison, of Harvard, and Dr. A. L. Kroeber, under the 

 auspices of the University "of .California. Dr. Swanton's work comprised the tran- 

 scription of a voluminous series of Haida texts; he also completed a synopsis of 

 the Haida language for incorporation in the general series. Mr. St. Clair devoted a 

 part of the year to work on a dictionary and grammar of the Chinook language, 

 and in addition made a critical study of Shoshone linguistic material in the archives 

 of the Bureau and of the American IVIuseum. Mr. Jones made good progress in 

 analyzing the grammar of the Sauk and ]\Iuskwaki dialects, nearly completing a list 

 of suffixes and prelixes; ho also made good progress in arranging for publication a 

 series of ]\Iuskwaki texts collected during the preceding f].scal year. Dr. Dixon 

 prepared a grammar and vocabulary of the Maidu language, while Dr. Kroeber 

 collected and arranged both lexic and graminatic material representing several 

 other California tribes. Partly through the inspiration of hearty approval from 

 scientists and scholars both at home and abroad, Dr. Boas and his collaborators 

 have taken up the work with zeal and enthusiasm. Dr. Boas observes: "Linguistic 

 work in many parts of North America is exceedingly urgent on account of the 

 rapid disappearance of the native languages, and the means at our dispo.sal for this 

 work are insufficient;" yet it is a gratification to report that the interest of the 

 collaborators who have worked gratuitously or for only nominal compensation has 

 resulted in a large volume of invaluable material at trifling cost to the Bureau. It 

 is a i>leasure to acknowledge the generous contributions of Dr. Boas and the other 

 collaborators named. 



During the year Dr. Boas completed the proof revision of his memoir entitled 

 " Kathlamet Texts," and it has been published as a bulletin. He also completed 

 tlie iiianuscript for a similar memoir entitled "Tsimshian Text," and it was trans- 

 mitted for i)ublication on January 29, 1902. 



Dr. Albert S. Gatschet carried forward t(3 sul)stantial completion his vocabulary 

 and grammar of the Peoria language, and also continutd the arrangement of material 

 for the comparative Algonqiiian vocabulary. In addition he devoted some time to 

 special researches required for answering some of the numerous requests for informa- 

 tion concerning Indian terms and phrases constantly received from correspondents. 



Mr. J. X. B. Hewitt devoted the greater part of the year to his monograph on 

 Iroquois Creation Myths, mentioned in previous reports; three of the live sections 

 were sent to press during the year as a part of the Twenty-first Annual Report. 

 Toward the close of the year he took up the general discussion of princijiles noted 

 in another paragraph; and as a part of the current work, lie continued the extrac- 

 tion and arrangement of Iroquoian linguistic material in a form suitable for refer- 

 ence and eventually for pu1)lication. ThiMughout the year a consideralile part of 

 Mr. Hewitt's time was occupied in the researches require<l for aiiswi'ring technical 

 inquiries from correspondents — a duty which seems unavoidable, although its per- 

 formance retards progress in systematic researches. 



]\Iiss Jessie E. Thomas continued the transcription of the manuscript Diccionario 

 de Motul, while Sefior Andomaro Molina, of Merida, Yucatan, made good progress 

 in the translation of the Maya and Spanish terms into I'.nglisli, with a view to the 

 issue of this extensive vocaliulary in a form appropriate to the publications of the 

 Bureau. In view of tlie prospective value of this work to future students, it would 

 seem important that the llnal translation should be based on tliorough and critical 

 knowledge of the Maya, Spanisli, and English languages; and in view of this desira- 

 bility, in connection with tlie fact that Sefior INIolina is a volunteer collaborator resi- 

 dent in another country, it is deemed proper to insert the following- voluntary 

 expression from the United States consul at Progreso, Yucatan, Hon. Edward H. 

 Thompson, himself a critical student of the antiquities, history, and languages 

 of Yucatan: "To my mind, in the work of Lie. Andomaro Alolina, the Bureau 



