54 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, 



press reviews of the stoelc l)ihliograpliies already issued indicate the regard in which 

 they are Iiekl, for their incomparable coini^leteuess, by students in all parts of the 

 world. 



During the last year there was issued a liibliografiaEspauola de Lenguas iudigena 

 de America, by the Comte de Vinaza, bearing the imprint Madrid, 1892. Although 

 issued years after the appearance of Mr. Pilliug's " proof sheets," and although the 

 compiler of the Bil)liografia had nnusual facilities, among them access to the archives 

 of Spain — an advantage enjoyed by few if any foreigners, — bi^t seventy-five titles not 

 already con tained in Mr . Filling's catalogue were found in the Comte de Vinaza's work. 



The month of August was taken up by Mr. Pilling with an examination of the 

 plate proofs of the bibliography of the Salishan language, then ready for iiress, but 

 little correction worthy of notice was necessary. The bulletin, which comprises 

 86 pages and 1 facsimiles, was delivered by the Public Printer in the middle of 

 November. 



During November work was renewed on the Wakashan bibliography. A trip 

 ext(iudiugover a few days was made to Lenox and Astor libraries, New York City^ 

 some new material being obtained and defective titles corrected. The work was 

 forwarded to the Public Printer in .January, and by the close of March the proof 

 reading was finished. This bibliography, which was ready for distribution early in 

 May, comprises 70 pages and 2 facsimiles. During the proof reading of the Waka- 

 shau bibliography the preparation of the bibliograjjhy of the Shahaptian languages 

 was begun, and at the close of the fiscal year was in au advanced stage of progress. 



PUBLICATION. 



During no similar period of the Bureau's history have so many pages of ethno- 

 logic material been put in tyjie. Since the close of the last fiscal year (1892-93) most 

 of the proof reading of the Tenth Annual Report was completed. The volume was 

 received from the printer iu .June, 1894. The monograph accompaujang this report, 

 "Picture Writing of the American Indians," by Garrick Mallery, covers 807 ])ages 

 and is illustrated by 54 plates and 1,290 figures. On July 27, 1893, the P^leventh 

 Annual Report was seut to the Public Printer, and before the close of October all the 

 proofs had Ijeeu read. Proof reading of the Twelfth Annual Report was in progress 

 at the close of the year 1892-93, and continued until April, 1894. This report, which, 

 iu addition to the administrative report of the Director, contains a paper by Mr. 

 Cyrus Thomas, entitled "Report on the mound exploration of the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology," was in the bindery at the close of the year. In February, 1894, the manu- 

 script of the Thirteentji Annual Report was sent to the Public Printer, and in June 

 the first proofs were received. With the close of the fiscal year all the illustrations 

 for this annual had been engraved, and jtroof reading was well advanced. 



At the close of the year 1892-93 the proof reading of the "Bibliography of the 

 Salishan Languages," by Jamea Constantine Pilling, was almost completed. This 

 bulletin was delivered by the printer in November, 1893. The Bibliography of the 

 Wakashan Languages, }ty the same author, was seut to the printer in December, 

 1893; the first proofs were received in January, 1894; the proof reading was finished 

 in April, and the edition was delivered a month later. 



Early in January of the iiresent year the manuscript of a bulletin by Mr. .John 

 Garland Pollard, on thv, Pamuukey Indians of Virginia, was sent to the Public 

 Printer, and by February the final proofs had beeu revised. This bulletin was 

 delivered in April, 1894. 



At the close of the last fiscal year proof reading of Riggs' "Dakota Grammar, 

 Texts, and Ethnograi)hj'," which forms Contributions to North American Ethnology, 

 Volume IX, had beeu in progress about a month, and by the end of July the volume 

 was in iiage form. 



The first proof of a bulletin entitled "The Maya Year," by Dr. Cyrus Thomas, was 

 received early in February, 1894, the manuscript having been transmitted January 

 19. This brochure passed through the press and was delivered in May. 



