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the autiquities in tlie section indicated that have been lieretofore dis- 

 covered and notice thereof published, as well as those mentioned in the 

 reports of work done under the Bureau. 



The '• Bibliography of the Languages of the North American In- 

 dians," by Mr. James 0. Pilling, which has been adverted to iniirevious 

 reports, has received a large share of his time and attention through- 

 out the year. The advance " proof-sheets " noted under the head of 

 publications, and distributed to collaborators, have been the means of 

 securing the active co-operation of many persons throughout this and 

 other countries who are interested in linguistic and bibliographic sci- 

 ence, and have thus elicited a large number of additions, corrections, 

 suggestions, and criticisms, all of which have received careful consid- 

 3ration. 



Mr. Frank H. Gushing worked, when his health permitted, uj^on the 

 large amount of Zuiii material collected by him during several years, in 

 preparation of papers upon the language, mythology, and institutions 

 )f that people. 



Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith continued her study of the Iroquoian 

 languages. The first part of her final contribution on the subject 

 tvas intended to be a Tuscarora grammar and dictionary. The first 

 portion of the dictionary was completed, and had been forwarded 

 ;o the Bureau when her sudden and lamented death occurred on 

 Tune 9, 188G, at her home in Jersey City. Her former assistant, 

 VIr. J. jST. B. Hewitt, of Tuscarora descent, has been engaged to 

 complete the work she so successfully began, and it is expected that 

 he results of her long labors in the field will be published without 

 lelay. 



Mr. Charles C. Eoyce resigned his connection with the Bureau in the 

 Mirly part of the year, thereby delaying the completion of his work 

 ipon the primal title of the Indian tribes to lands within the United 

 States and the methods of securing their relinquishment. This work, 

 :he scope and value of which have before been explained, will be pub- 

 ished with its accompanying atlas. Mr. Eoyce, before his departure, 

 jompleted a paper on the "Cherokee Nation of Indians," which will ap- 

 pear in the Fifth Annual Eeport. 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow was still engaged in prej)aring the material for tlie 

 inal volume upon the Mortuary Customs of the North American In- 

 lians, in the prosecution of which the large amount of information re- 

 jeived and obtained from various sources has been carefully classified 

 md arranged under proper divisions, so that the manuscript is now 

 3eing rai)idly put into shape for publication. 



< Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. Army, continued the preparing for 

 publication of the copious notes obtained by him during former years 

 n the Navajo country, his chief work being upon a grammar and dic- 

 ;ionary of the Navajo language. He also wrote several papers, one of 



