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Pottery, a second upon Art in Shell and Bone, a third npon Textile Fabrics, and a 

 fourth upon Pipes. Three of these papers are well advanced towards completion. 

 In addition to this work he has prejjared papers relating to his field explorations. 

 These include a report upon excavations in the ancient (juartzite bowlder workshops 

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

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

 pologist. 



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

 the jiurpose to the preparation of bibliographies of the languages of North America. 

 At the close of the fiscal year 1888-89 the proof-reading of the Bibliography of the 

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

 It was delivered August 8, 1889. 



After the Muskhogeau Bibliography had been finished, work was at once begun on 

 the Algonquian, 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 in 

 assembling, arranging, revising, and verifying that material. August 10-22 were 

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

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

 Djeum, and Boston Public libraries, at Boston, chiefly in verifying and revising the 

 material in 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 in collat- 

 ing and recording Iroqnoian proper names, both of persons and places, as they occur 

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

 Iroquoiau peoples. Afterwards, to the 9th of November, he was employed in field 

 work. 



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

 translating and ar^notating 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 inythologic, 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 Champlain, Lafitau, Charlevoix, and in the Jesuit Relations. Much linguistic 

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

 sonally collected while engaging in field work. 



Prof. Cyrus Thomas was personally engaged during the entire j'ear 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 hundred 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 presented for publication during the next 

 fiscal year. 



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

 in the prepai'atiou of that part of his report and bulletin relating to those archaeo- 

 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 archaeological collections of New York 

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

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

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

 close of the fiscal year. 



