68 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Mr. George H. Scott, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a small spear-head 

 from Bar Eiver, Ontario, Canada; from the Eoyal Museum of Natural 

 History, Brussels, Belgium, 82 casts of animal bones and implements, 

 the originals of which were obtained from various caverns in Belgium; 

 from Mr. John M. Foss, Forbestown, California, a collection of imple- 

 ments from Yuba County, in that state (gift); from Mr. H. W. Beck- 

 ett, Woodbury, New Jersey, a collection of 45 objects from his vicinity 

 (gift); from Mr. Elias Eichards, New Orleans, Louisiana (through the 

 Bureau of Ethnology), a polished spade-like implement of dark green 

 chlorite (exchange); from Mr. H. C. Duvall, Washington, District of 

 Columbia, 4 specimens from various localities (gift) ; and from Mr. John 

 C. Abel, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 201 specimens from the Couestoga 

 Hills, near Lancaster (gift). 



The exhibition series is in as good condition as at any previous time. 

 Many labels have been added, and others are in course of jjreparation. 

 There is no separate study series in the department. During the year 

 there have been no radical changes, so far as the installation of the 

 collection is concerned. The routine work of the office (including the 

 examination of a large number of objects sent to the Museum for that 

 purpose) has been heavy. In addition to this, however, the department 

 prepared an exhibit, consisting of nearly 1,000 si^ecimens, for the 

 Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The work of preparation was per- 

 formed mainly by Mr. Upham, the installation of the collection being 

 superintended by Dr. Wilson. The transfer to this department of the 

 collection of prehistoric pottery, which has recently been completed, 

 has added considerably to the work of the oflice. 



In the early i)art of the fiscal year Dr. Wilson completed the proof- 

 reading, etc., of his paper on the Swastika. He has also prepared a 

 descriptive catalogue of the Steiner collection, and has devoted a con- 

 siderable amount of time to other papers. 



The curator has continued to fill the position of professor of prehis- 

 toric anthropology in the National University in this city, where he 

 delivered a series of lectures during the year. 



The following explorations have resulted in enriching the collections 

 of the department: 



Dr. Roland Steiner has continued hia investigations into the Kiokee village site in 

 Columbia County, Georgia. 



Mr. John C. Abel, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has continued his investigation of 

 the Conestoga Hills in his neighborhood. 



The curator, while at Nashville, engaged in work connected with the Tennessee 

 Centennial Exposition, spent three days in making investigations among the stone 

 graves which are to be found in abundance in that locality. He procured the entire 

 contents of one of the graves, including the stone coffin and pottery floor, and 

 brought them with him to the Museum, where they will be placed upon exhibition. 



Prof. G. K. Gilbert and Mr. F. H. Newell, of the U. S. Geological Survey, collected 

 240 archseological specimens during a reconnoissauce in the plains regions of the 

 Arkansas River in eastern Colorado. 



