REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



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iiiii- the coining autuiiiii. During the. nionlii ol" May, 1892, iVIr. l^illing ni,a<li> ai luief 

 visit to iiliiaiics in lioston and (Jauihridgi^ in coiiiioct ion witlitlic conijiilat ion oCina- 

 torial relating to these northwest languages. 



Mr. l)e r.anooy AV. (Jill continued in charge, of the \\orl< of iir<'i)ariiig and editing 

 the illustratious for tln^ ])uhlications of the IJnreau. 



The total imniber of illustrations ]>re]>ared dnriiig the year was 'JiSO. These <lra\v- 

 ings nuiy lie cdassified as follows: 



Landscapes (i 



Maps (i 



Objects :{0() 



Diagrams '.W 



^Miscellaneous (il^T 



'J'he ntnnber of illustration })roofs handled during the year was as follows: iMghth 

 Annual Report, 308; Ninth Animal Report, laSt; ti78 illustrations for the T(^nt]i An- 

 nual Report were transmitted to the Public Printer. 



The photographic laboratory remains iiudcr the able management of Mr. J. K. 

 Hillers. A small but valuable collection of portraits of North American Indians 

 was secured by him during the year from sittings; twenty-six negatives wer<^ ob- 

 tained. The following table shows the size ami nnndx-r of ]diotogra])!iic jirints 

 made : 



I'flU.IfATIOXS. 



The ])nl)lications issued during the year are as follov.\s: 



(1) ".Seventh Annnal Peport of the Riireau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the 

 Rmithsonian Institution, 1885-'8(), by J. W. Powell, Director." Tills report contains 

 an introductory report by the Director, '27 j)ages, with accompanying pa])ers, as 

 follows : 



■'Indian Linguistic Faiuilies of America, north of l\Iexico," by J. W. Powell; "The 

 Midewiwin or '(h'and Mtulicine Society' of the Ojibwa," by W. J. Hoffman; "The 

 sacrtMl formulas of the Cherokees," by Jamc^s Mooncy. Tin; report forms a royal 

 octavo volume of lxi+109 pages, illustrated with 39 figures and 27 ])Iatcs, oin^ of 

 Avhich is a folding ])late in a pocket at the end of the volume. 



(2) "Contributions to North American Ethnology, Vol. it. part ti.'" This jiart 

 contains the Klamath-Euglish and English-Klamath Dictionary. l)y .\lltert Samuel 

 Gatscliet, and concludes his work relating to "The Klamath Indians of Southwestern 

 Oregon." The vidume is a (juarto of 711 pages. 



(:5) "Contribntions to North American Ethnology, \'ol. vi," containing the fol- 

 lowing papers by James Owen Dorsey : "The (J'egiha l>anguage, i)art i, Myths, 

 Stori<'s, and Letters," and "'The ^'egiha Language, part ii, .\ddition:il Myths, Stories, 

 and Letters." The report forms a (iinirto volume of xviii-j-791 ])ages. 



(1) "Contributions to North Anu-rican Ethnology, \'ol. vii, ".V Dakota-English 

 Dictionary, by Stephen Return Riggs, edited by .Tames Owen Dorsey." This is a 

 quarto volume of x +'>fi'"> pages. 



(.5) Pulletin <d" the liiirt^au of l^thmdogy. 'I'his work consists ol' a i)aper entitled 

 "Omaha and Ponka J^etters," l)y .James Owen Dor.scy, and forms an octavo volume 

 of 127 pages. 



