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Pottery, a aecoiul upon Art in Sb«ll luul Bono, a third upon Textile Fabrics, and a 

 fourtii upon Pipeu. Tlueo of tluse papers are well advanced towards completion. 

 In addition to this work lie has jirepared papers relating to his liold explorations. 

 These include a report ujion excavations in the ancient qnartzite bowlder workshops 

 and the soapstone «iuarries of the District of Columbia, and a rock shelter in West 

 Virginia. Portions of these papers have been published in the American Authro- 

 jjologist. 



Mr. James C. Pilling has continued to devote such time as he could command for 

 the purpose to the preiiaration of bibliographies of the languages of North America. 

 At the close of the fiscal year i888-'8'J the proof-reading of the Bibliography of the 

 Sluskhogean Languages was completed, but the edition was not ready for delivery. 

 It was delivered August 8, 1889. 



After the Muskhogean Bibliography had been finished, work was at once begun ou 

 the Algonquiau, by far the largest of those yet undertaken. Much of the material 

 for this was already in hand, the collection having been gradually pursued during 

 several years preceding, and the greater part of the work remaining consisted iu 

 assembling, arranging, revising, and verifying that material. August lG--i2 were 

 profitably spent by Mr. Pilling iu the Lenox, Astor, and New York Historical Society 

 libraries, at New York City, and the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston Alhe- 

 na'uni, and Boston Public libraries, at Boston, chiefly in verifying and revising the 

 material iu hand. The first portion of the manuscript was transmitted to the Public 

 Printer November 15, 1889. At the close of the fiscal year final proof had progressed 

 to the two hundred and fifty-eighth page, carrying the work approximately half way 

 to completion. 



From the 1st to the 10th of July, 18-9, Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt was engaged iu collat- 

 ing and recording Iroquoian proper names, both of persons and places, as thej' occur 

 iu the narratives of the early explorers and historians of the pristine habitat of the 

 Iroquoian peoples. Afterwards, to the 9th of November, he was employed iu field 

 work. 



Upon his return to the office and until the end of the fiscal year he was engaged in 

 translating and annotating the myths, legends, tales, and all of the other matter 

 which he had previously collected in the field ; and in translating and recording for 

 easy reference, for the purpose of verification and exposition of the matter so col- 

 lected, the mythologic, ethnographic, and other anthropologic data found in the early 

 French narratives of the New World, and especially that which is found in the works 

 of Chauiplaiu, Lafitau, Charlevoix, and in the Jesuit Relations. Much linguistic 

 material has been obtained from the translation? of the matter which Mr. Hewitt per- 

 sonally collected while engaging in field work. 



Prof. Cyrus Thomas was persouallj' engaged during the entire year on the prepara- 

 tion of his report on the field work and collections of the preceding seven years. A 

 bulletin giving the arch;eologic localities within the mound area, together with a 

 series of accompanying maps, was completed for publication. It will form a closely 

 printed octavo of about two Lundi-ed and fifty pages. His report, which requires 

 much comparison and reference as well as study of the works explored and objects 

 obtained, is progressing as rapidly as is consistent with proper care and due regard 

 for details, and will be completed and presiaited for publication during the next 

 fiscal year. 



Mr. Henry L. Reynolds, on his return from field duty, assisted Professor Thomas 

 iu the preparation of that part of his report and bulletin relating to those archseo- 

 logic districts the works of which he had visited. He then resumed the preparation 

 of his paper on the aboriginal use of metal. In May he made an examination of the 

 metal specimens in the private and public archivological collections of New York 

 City, and in June visited Providence and Boston iu search of csrtaiu rare historic 

 data ndating to the early life and customs of the Indians, both in respect to the use 

 of metal and to other matters. He was engaged iu the office upon this work at the 

 close of the fiscal year. 



