REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 73 



Iroiii I'lul'. Anastasio Alfaro, secretary of the National Museum of Costa 

 Itica; also from Mr. (J. F. Low, of Cincinnati; from Mr. A. F. Sears, 

 of Portland, Oregon; and Mr. D. S. Sears, of Cuba, 111. 



During the lirst two mouths of the liscal year Mr. Victor Mindeleff 

 was engaged upon a report on the architecture of the Cibola and Tus- 

 ayan groups of pueblos, in New Mexico and Arizona. Subse<iuent to 

 his return from the field on March 18 that repoit was resumed, but it 

 was not completed at the end of the fiscal year. The additional data 

 secured from the Tusayan district during the field season is being pre- 

 pared for incorporation into the same report. 



During the early part of the year Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff wa^occupied 

 u])on that portion of the report on pueblo architecture which had been 

 assigned to him. On his return from the field on February 23 he re- 

 sumed work upon that report, but it was suspended in order to take up 

 the preparation of an exhibit to be made by the Bureau at the Cincin- 

 nati Centennial Exi)osition. An exhibit to cover nearly 2,000 square 

 feet of floor space was prepared, but as the space was limited only the 

 field work of the Bureau in one especial region, viz, the Pueblo coun- 

 try, was illustrated, though a small amount of other material was added 

 for purposes of comparison. This work was not completed at the close 

 of the fiscal year. 



The work of the modeling room was continued throughout the year 

 in his charge. No new work was taken up, all available labor being 

 used in preijaring a series of duplicates of models previously deposited 

 in the National Museum. This work was continued from last year. The 

 series is not yet completed, but the accumulations on hand at the end 

 of the fiscal year were sufficient to enable the Bureau to make a credit- 

 able display at the Cincinnati Centennial Exposition without withdraw- 

 ing, to any large extent, the models deposited in the National Museum. 

 During the year eight models were added to the duplicate series, and 

 three other models commenced. 



Dr. Washington Matthews, surgeon U. S. Army, continued work upon 

 a grammar and dictionary of the Navajo language. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson was still engaged in the completion of his paper 

 mentioned in the last leport ui)on the Eskimo of northern Alaska, com- 

 prising a dictionary with notes upon the gramnuir of the language and 

 also upon the myths and customs of the people. 



Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt has continued the stud}- of the Iroquoian lan- 

 guages and the preparation of a Tuscarora-English dictionary. He 

 also worked upon the comparison of words, radicals, and terms in the 

 Iriquoian languages with those in the Cherokee, and in determinivigthe 

 prehistoric habitat of the Iroquois. 



The work of Mr. Charles C. Koyce, before rei)orte<l upon, presenting 

 the former title of Indian tribes to lands within the [>resent boundaries 

 of the United States, and the nu'thods of securing their relincpiish merit, 

 was substantially prepared for publication, the charts having all been 

 finished. 



