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Mexico, and utilizing tliera in the compilation of the Indian tribal 

 synonomy now in course of preparation by the Bureau, 



His designated share in that work comprised the families of the south- 

 ern Indians from the Kio Grande to the Atlantic sea-board of Florida, 

 namely, the stocks of the Natchez, Atakapa, Shetimasha, Tonkawe, 

 Pakawa (otherwise known under the vague designation of " Coahuilteco 

 o Tejano"), Tonica, Yuchi, and Tim mucua, and the most important stock 

 of them all, the Maskoki family. His work of correlating the informa- 

 tion of these tribes for the synonomy can now be considered as com- 

 pleted, though some important tribes can not be classified linguistically, 

 e. g., the Koroas and Pascagoulas, on account of the absence of all 

 information in the documents of early chroniclers relating to these 

 extinct tribes. The Adai, classed by Gallatin as a distinct family, is 

 believed by Mr. Gatschet to be affiliated with the Caddoan stock as a 

 dialect distantly related to Yatassi and Caddo proper. 



After concluding his labors on the tribal synonomy, Mr. Gatscliet re- 

 sumed his work on the grammar of the Klamath language of south- 

 western Oregon. He combined all the results of his recent studies of 

 both dialects, the northern and the southern, with the facts previously 

 acquired by him and composed a treatise on the morphology of the lan- 

 guage. This has now been rewritten three times by him in order to 

 secure completeness and accuracy- The ''phonetics" are already cast 

 in plates as are the chapters on radicals and on prefixion. 



From July to December, 1887, Kev. J. Owen Dorsey was engaged in 

 translating the Teton texts of Mr. George Bushotter, a Uakotan, who 

 was working under his direction. Mr, Bushotter's collection consists 

 of myths, legends, historical papers, an autobiography, accounts of 

 games, folk-lore and epistles, amounting to two hundred and fifty eight 

 textual manuscripts. This work was continued until the following 

 December when Bushotter resigned, leaving one hundred and twenty- 

 nine texts to be translated. Mr. Dorsey then continued the work alone 

 until April IS, 1888, when another Dakotan, Mr. John Bruyier, of Chey- 

 enne , River Agency, began to revise and interi)ret the Teton texts, 

 making many corrections in the originals, and supplying important 

 parts omitted by Bushotter. 



Mr. Bruyier also furnished Mr. Dorsey with many examples of the 

 Teton, as spoken at the Cheyenne River Reservation, which showed that 

 it differed considerably from that spoken at the Lower Brule and Pine 

 Ridge Reservations. He also wrote new versions of several myths, 

 continuing his work until June 30, 1888. 



During tue autumn of 1887, Mr. Dorsey completed his work on the 

 Siouan, Caddoan, Athapascan, Takilman, Kusau, and Yakonan cards 

 for the Indian synonomy referred to in a former report of the Director. 

 He also prepared nearly four hundred type- written foolscap pages of 

 ^'ehiga epistles, legends, and other texts, which constitute an important 

 addition to those published in the Contributions to North American 



