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Although the aboriginal monuments called mounds and stone 

 graves of the Cumberland Valley have been investigated by several 

 well-known archeologists, it appears from the researches of Mr. 

 W. E. Myer, of Nashville, that much remains to be discovered in this 

 region. Under his guidance the chief visited the aboriginal mounds 

 on the Harpeth River at Oldtown, Castalian Springs, and elsewhere. 

 It was seen that while many of the smaller mounds have been plowed 

 down by cultivation of the land the larger ones still bear mute evi- 

 dence of the industry of the builders of these structures and the mag- 

 nitude of the population. 



Mr. Myer has transmitted to the bureau a manuscript on the an- 

 tiquities of the Cumberland Valley, Tennessee, the results of a life- 

 long devotion to the subject. 



Mr. Otto Mallery has presented to the bureau a valuable pueblo 

 collection from the Chama region, New Mexico, made by Mr. J. A. 

 Jeancon, who had charge of the work, and has transmitted a report 

 which is now being prepared for publication. 



Mr. Gerard Fowke was given a small allotment for an archeo- 

 logical reconnoissance of the Hawaiian Islands. He began work in 

 May and reports important results which it is too early to detail at 

 this time. 



MANUSCRIPTS. 



The following manuscripts, exclusive of those submitted for publi- 

 cation by members of the staff of the bureau and its collaborators, 

 were purchased : 



" Wawehock Texts," by Frank S. Speck. 



" History of the Jesuit Mission in Paraguay." The original manu- 

 script, being an English translation by Dr. George Spence, from the 

 original French manuscript of the Abbe Jo. Pedro Gay, Cure de 

 Uruguayana. 2 vols., 4to. Circa 1880. 275 pp. 



"A New Guarani Grammar," the original manuscript complete, 

 being a translation into English by Dr. George Spence from the 

 French manuscript of the Abbe Jo. Pedro Gay, Cure de Uruguayana. 

 2 vols. 4to. 



" Manuel de Conversation en Francais, en Portugues, en Espanol, 

 en Guarany Abaileeme par le Chanoine J. P. Gay, Cure de Uru- 

 guayana," arranged in four columns. 



" Nouvelle Grammaire de la Langue Guarany et Tupy, etc., £>ar le 

 Chanoine J. P. Gay, Cure, etc." 188 p., folio. 



" Mappa geographico da republica do Paraguay pelo conego Joao 

 Pedro Gay, pelo engenhiero Falix Alx. Grivot." 1881. 



A copy of "Manuel de Conversation en Frangais, en Portugues, 

 en Anglaise en Espanol, en Guarany Abafieeme." Arranged in five 

 columns. No date. 



