REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 71 



Accession No. 



109788. SmoklnK liipe or cigarotte lujulo of anis l>.v tlie San Juan Indians, San 

 Benito County, Calif., and coUtxted by J. P. Harrington. (1 specimen.) 



110111. Cast of a "cogged" stone from the ranch of Mrs. Newland of Hunting- 

 ton Beach. Los Angeles, Calif., and presented to the bureau by S. C. 

 Evans. (1 siKH>inien.) 



llOli:?. Decorateil elk-skin poncli made by Fritz Hanson, a Kariik Indian of 

 Somesbar, Siskiyou C<i.. Calif., and purcliased from bim by tiie bureaii. 

 (1 siiecimen.) 



llO.'ilO. Arcbeological material collected in 102S by Dr. F. H. H. Roberts, jr., 

 from early Pueblo ruins in the Piedra District, Archuleta Co., south- 

 west Colorado. (477 specimens.) 



PROPERTY 



Office equipment was purchased to the amount of $64.78. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The correspondence and other clerical work of the office has been 

 conducted by Miss ^lay S. Clark, clerk to the chief, assisted by 

 Mr. Anthony W. Wilding, clerk. Miss Mae W. Tucker, stenog- 

 rapher, was engaged in completing the catalogue of phonograph 

 records of Indian music, copying manuscripts for Doctor Swanton 

 and in assisting Mr. Hewitt in his work as custodian of manuscripts 

 and phonograph records. Mrs. Frances S. Nichols assisted tlie 

 editor. 



During the course of the year information was furnished by mem- 

 bers of the staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning the Norfh 

 American Indian peoples, both past and present, and the Mexican 

 peoples of the prehistoric and early historic periods to the south. 

 Various specimens sent to the bureau were identified and data on 

 them furnished for their owners. 



Personnel — Dr. Francis LaFlesche retired as ethnologist of the 

 bureau December 26, 1929. 



Respectfully .submitted. 



M. W. Stirling, Chief. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary^ SmUhsonian Institution. 



