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l<]tlmol< )<;•>', vol. VI, p;irt 1. He also transliterated on slips in alpha- 

 lu'tic order his Winnebago material, obtained in 1878-'79, collatinij it 

 with the additional material obtained in 1886. This contains fully four 

 thousand entries. 



He gave much attention to the Catawba language, collating parts of 

 a recent vocabulary (that procured by Mr. Gatschet) with all others 

 which were accessible. 



Mr. Jeremiah Curtin contributed to the Indian synonomy with reference 

 to several tribes in Oregon and California, and devoted much study to 

 the large number of myths obtained by him from the same tribes, also 

 to those of the Iroquois, 



Mr. James C. Pilling has continued throughout the year to give a por- 

 tion of liistime to the preparation of bibliographies of the more impor- 

 tant stocks of Xorth American languages. As stated in the last report, 

 the manuscript for the Siouan bibliography, the second of the series, was 

 sent to the printer late in the fiscal year 1886-'87, The jn'oofwas read 

 during the summer months and the work received from the Public 

 Printer I^Tovember 12. Work was then begun on the Iroquoian stock of 

 languages, and the close of the fiscal year found it ready for the printer. 

 Some i)reliininary work was also done on the Muskokian bibliography. 

 Late in December Mr. Pilling made a visit to the library of the His- 

 torical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, for the purpose of 

 inspecting and taking descriptions of several important manuscripts in 

 Indian languages, written by Moravian missionaries, manuscripts then 

 temporarily in that city and permanently preserved in the Moravian 

 archives at Bethlehem, Pa., and Fairfield, Canada. 



Mr. James Mooney, when not in the field, continued to be charged with 

 the synonomy relating to the Iroquoian and Algonkin linguistic stocks, 

 and also worked npon the vocabularies, myths, and notes of informa- 

 tion procured by him from the northern Cherokees. 



During the entire year, except at short intervals when he visited the 

 field to nmke personal observations. Professor Thomas has been busily 

 engaged upon his report. The manuscript for the first volume with 

 the illustrations was presented for publication about a month before 

 the close of the fiscal year. The manuscript, illustrations, and maps for 

 the second volume are well under way and will soon be ready for |)ubli- 

 cation. Mr. Henry L. Reynolds, from December until the close of the 

 fiscal year, was at Washington occupied in the preparation of mai)s, 

 plates, and diagrams lor the report. 



During the winter and until the 1st of May, 1888, Mr. Gerard Fowke 

 was engaged in ])reparing a pai)er for a report on the articles of stone 

 in the Bureau collections. 



Mr. W. H. Holmes has charge of the illustrations intended for the 

 liui-eau publications as in previous years, and has as far as possible (ion- 

 tinned his studies in aboriginal art and archneology. 



The collections acquired during tiic summer, although not lacking 



