REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 73 



lioiii Prof. Aiiastasio Alfaro, secretary olthc National Musenm of Costa 

 Kica; also from Mr. C. F. Lou, of (Uuciunati ; from Mr. A. F. Sears, 

 of Portland, Oregon; and Mr. D. S. Sears, of C'liba, 111. 



During- the, lirst two mouths of the fiscal year Mr. Victor Mindeli-tt" 

 was engaged upon a report on the, architecture of the Cibola and Tus 

 nyan groups of pueblos, in New Mexico and Arizoua. Subsecpient to 

 his return from the field on March IS that report was resumed, but it 

 was not completed at the end of the fiscal year. Tlie additional data 

 secured from the Tusayan district during- the field season is being i)re- 

 pared for incorporation into the same report. 



During the early part of the year Mr. Cosmos Mindelefif was occupied 

 upon that i)ortion of the re})ort on pueblo architecture which had been 

 assigned to him. On his return from the field on February 23 he re- 

 sumed work upon that report, but it was suspended in order to take up 

 the preparation of an exhibit to be made by the Bureau at the Cincin- 

 nati Centennial Exposition. An exhibit to cover nearly 2,000 siiuare 

 feet of floor si)ace was prepared, but as the space was limited only the 

 field work of the Pureau in one especial region, viz, the I'ueblo coun- 

 try, was illustrated, though a snuill amount of other material was added 

 for purposes of comparison. This work was not completed at the close 

 of the fis(;al year. 



The work of the modeling room was continued throughout the year 

 in his charge. No new work was taken up, all available labor being 

 used in preparing a series of duplicates of models previously deposited 

 in the National Museum. This work was continued from last year. The 

 series is not yet completed, but the accumulations on hand at the end 

 of the fiscal year were sufficient to enable the Bureau to make a credit- 

 able display at the Cincinnati Ctntennial Exposition without withdraw- 

 ing, to any large extent, the models deposited in the National Museum. 

 During the year eight models were added to the duplicate series, and 

 three other models commenced. 



Dr. Washington Matthews, surgeon U. S. Army, continued work upon 

 a grammar and dictionary of the Navajo language. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson was still engaged in the c()mi)letion of his paper 

 mentioned in the last report upon the Eskimo of northern Alaska, com- 

 prising a dictionary with notes upon the grammar of the language and 

 also ui)on the myths and customs of the people. 



Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt has continued the study of the Iroquoian lan- 

 guages a:nd the preparation of a Tuscarora-English dictionary. He 

 also worked upon the comparison of words, radicals, and terms in the 

 lri(pu)iaii languages with those in the Cherokee, and in determining the 

 luehistoric habitat of the Iroquois. 



The work of Mr. Charles C. Koyce, before re])orted upon, ])resenting 

 the fornu'r title of Indian tribes to lands within the i»resent boundaries 

 of the United States, antl the nu'thods of securing their relin(piishm«'nt, 

 was substantially prepared for imblication, the charts having all been 

 finished. 



