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data on Ottawa, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Potawatomi, Abnaki, 

 Menominee, Sauk, and Arapaho. The most important result obtained 

 is the fact that the so-called Turtle Mountain Chippewa is really 

 Cree — at least such is the language of the pupils at Carlisle. Whether 

 the entire band is Cree is another question. Dr. Michelson's opinion 

 that Arapaho is the most divergent Algonquian dialect was con- 

 firmed, and it was made more nearly certain that Menominee dis- 

 tinctly belongs with Cree, not with Chippewa. Dr. Michelson re- 

 turned from Carlisle in the following month, when he was compelled 

 to submit to an operation for trachoma, which apparently had been 

 contracted during his field researches of the previous summer. On 

 resuming his duties it was found advisable to incorporate the lin- 

 guistic notes obtained in the summer and fall of 1911 and the winter 

 of 1911-12, so far as practicable, in his memoir on the Linguistic 

 Classification of the Algonquian Tribes, then in galley proof prepar- 

 atory to publication in the twenty-eighth annual report. The value 

 and completeness of this paper were thereby greatly enhanced. 



While in the office Dr. Michelson was frequently called on to fur- 

 nish data for answering letters of inquiry, and he also found oppor- 

 tunity to furnish notes of addenda and corrigenda for a future edi- 

 tion of the Handbook of American Indians. 



Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, ethnologist, was engaged throughout the year 

 in office work, continuing the editing and copying of the legends, tra- 

 ditions, and myths of the Seneca, collected by the late Jeremiah Cur- 

 tin in 1884-85. Of the original list of 120 items composing this manu- 

 script collection, 85 have been edited and typewritten, exclusive of 

 two items which w^ere translated from inedited texts. AVliile this 

 work is now practically complete, the apparent discrepancj'' in the 

 number of edited and typewritten items (about 35) is due to the fact 

 that the original list contained a number of texts of little ethnologi- 

 cal value, being merely narratives of local and personal adventures of 

 modern Indians with ghosts, and the like, and tales about modern 

 witchcraft. The two items completely translated were difficult of ren- 

 dering, as they were partly illegible and had been left inedited. Two 

 or three texts of similar character remained to be translated, and on 

 these Mr. Hewitt was engaged at the close of the fiscal year. The 

 Seneca material collected by Mr. Curtin and placed in condition for 

 publication by Mr. Hewitt now comprises 1,350 pages. 



In addition Mr. Hewitt undertook the work of translating a num- 

 ber of inedited and uncorrected manuscripts bearing on Seneca tradi- 

 tions and legendary lore recorded by himself in 189G. Thirteen of 

 these items were translated, aggregating 410 pages. 



As in the past, Mr. Hewitt devoted considerable time to collecting 

 and preparing data for replies to correspondents on linguistic, his- 

 torical, sociological, and technical subjects, and served also as custo- 

 dian of manuscripts. 



