REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 19 



BUREAU OF AMKUICAN ETHNOLOGY 



The work of the bureau covered the usual wide range of ethnologi- 

 cal and archeological investigations on many Indian tribes and sites 

 of the United States. The chief, Mr. M. AV. Stirling, made an 

 archeological reconnaissance of the Ten Thousand Islands, Fla., and 

 excavated mounds at Lacooche and at Safety Harbor, Fla. lie de- 

 livered lectures before numerous scientific and educational bodies. 

 Dr. Jolin R. Swanton continued his field work on the Choctaw of 

 Mississij^pi and the Creeks of Oklahoma, and began the work of 

 translating the words of his Timucua dictionary. Dr. Truman 

 Michelson studied the Algonquian tribes of Oklahoma, and Mr. John 

 P. Harrington obtained much of the language and ethnology of the 

 San Juan Tribe of California through an aged informant. 



Dr. F. II. II. Roberts, jr., conducted extensive archeological ex- 

 cavations at the Long H Ranch, in eastern Arizona, revealing 18 

 pit houses, 3 jacal, pole, and mud structures, and a pueblo ruin con- 

 taining 49 rooms and 4 kivas. Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt continued his 

 studies of the Iroquois Indians o.f Canada and New York State, and 

 Dr. Francis LaFlesche nearly completed his Osage dictionary before 

 his retirement on December 26, 1929. Miss Frances Densmore 

 studied the music of 10 tribes — the Acoma, Menominee, Winnebago, 

 Yuma, Cocopa, Mohave, Yagui, Makah, Clayoquot, and Quilente. 



Five bulletins and a list of publications of the bureau were issued 

 during the year, and a total of 24,8G8 copies of bureau publications 

 were distributed. 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 

 The Exchange Service handled during the year a total of 694,665 

 packages of governmental, scientific, and literary publications, which 

 represented a total weight of 708,094 pounds. This constitutes an 

 increase of 12 per cent in number of packages, and 14 per cent in 

 weight over the previous 3'ear. 



The material handled by the Exchange Service includes publica- 

 tions received from this country for transmission to foreign coun- 

 tries, and also those sent from abroad for distribution to addresses 

 in this country. They are classified as parliamentary documents, 

 departmental documents, and miscellaneous scientific and literary 

 publications. The parliamentary and departmental documents in- 

 clude all matter published by Congress and by the Government de- 

 partments, bureaus, and commissions. These constitute the bulk 

 of the publications handled by the Exchange Service, 74 per cent 

 of the work of tlie ofTice being conducted in behalf of the Ignited 

 States governmental establishments. The miscellaneous scientific 

 and literary publications are received for distribution chiefly from 

 learned societies, educational institutions, scientific organizations, 

 and museums. 



