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int'ormat inn in rciVrcnco 1o ccrtiiiii Miicicnt works in \';m(lcrlmiii County, liid., 

 should lie obtaiiietl, lie euijngcd Mr. I". W. \Vrij;lit to iiiaki^ a careful survey and 

 measurement of tlieni. As the result showed that they were of unusual inii)ortan(e 

 oil account of their peculiiir character as compared with other ancient works of tin' 

 same section, I'rof. Thomas thought it necessary to maki^ a personal examination of 

 them, and did so. During the sam(> trip lie examined certain important monuds in 

 Illinois, among which was tlie noted ••Cahokia" or "Monk's Mound," of Madison 

 County, His object in tliis case was to asceiiaiu the present contlition of this re- 

 markahh^ monumeut, and to investigate cert-am other jioints in r<datioii to which 

 s;ttisfact<uy conclusions could he reaclnnl only by personal insjieclion. 



He also made during the summer aiuitlier examination of the Newark works and 

 I'ort Ancient, in Ohio, iu order to settle some [loints which previous reports had 

 overlooked. At his suggestiou the director had a icsnrvey made, under Mr. (Jaiinett's 

 direction, of the four most noted circh^s of the Ohio works, tlie ]dane table being 

 used to show their exact form as tlu^y at present appear. 



ilr. 1'. II, Cushing, during the summer and autumn numths ot' 1S!»1, made some ex- 

 aminations on the shores of Lake Erie, near Butfalo, and of Lake ( Mitario iu Orleans 

 County. \. v.. where he discovered pbttery of the well-known net-impressed lacust- 

 rine or littoral type, and also, at the former point, some pits or slightly indurated 

 cavities in the sand, which ho considered to be connected with the manufacture of 

 that pottery. By experiments made without the aid of modern appliances of any 

 kind he diiplicate<l the ancient, specimens found in the vicinity and show'cil tiiat 

 these pits, lined with ordinary tishing nets, had actually been used simply and 

 etfectivcdy for shaping ])ottery. fie has ]>repared an illustrated report giving the 

 details on the subject. 



(iciirral field .siudieN. — In August, 1891, Mrs. Matilda C. Stevenson resumed her in- 

 vestigations into the mythology, religion, and sociology of tlie Zuhi Indians, mak- 

 ing careful study ol' the shrine worship, which constitutes such an important feature 

 in the religion of those people. She added to the already valuable collection of 

 photograjihs and sketches of their sanctuaries, made in previous years liy Mr. James 

 Stevenson, and by the aid of the war priest of Zuni, secured from the tribe some 

 interesting objects. 



Through the intluence of the war priest, the priest of the Ka-ka and thenrgists of 

 the "medicine societies," Mrs. Stevenson was able to be presc^nt at Zuni cere- 

 monials almost continuously fi'om the time of her airivalto her dej)arture in March. 



Dr. W. J. Hoffman proceeded early in August to the Menomonoe Jieservation, Wis- 

 consin, in respons(> to an invitation from the Mitawok or chiefs of tln^ Mitavvit (or 

 "Grand Medicine Society") of the Menomonee Indians, to observe the ritualistic cere- 

 monies and order of initiation of a new candidate for membership, for comparison 

 with similar ceremonials of other Algonquian tribes. In addition to the mythologic 

 material collected at this attendance, he also secured much valuable information re- 

 lating to the primitive customs and usages of the Mciuomonce for use in the ))r(!para- 

 tion of a monograph upon that ])eople. Specimens of their workmanship were alsti 

 collected. 



As he had been appointed a special agent for makingetlmologic collections lor the 

 (•xhibit to 1)0 made by the Bureau of Kthnology* at the World's Columbian Exposi- 

 tion, he secured a collection of .Menomonee mateiial, as well as a number ol" <lesired 

 objects at White Earth R(\servation, Minnesota. In May, 1892. he visited the Crow 

 Agency. Mont., to procun- a coUecttion of articles to illustrate the industries and 

 workmanship of the Crow In<lians. It was specially desirable to obtain .some of the 

 elaborate <dothiug for which tlm tribe is remarkable. A uni(|ne series of articles was 

 obtain(;d, after which a visit was made to the isolated bandof Ojil)wa at Leech Lake, 

 Minn, to c(dlect various specimens desired to complete the collection illustrating 

 early ()jil)wa history. 



On his return, Dr. Hotfman ag.iiu stopped al, i lie MtMiomonee h'eservation to make 



