26 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



THE BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



The energies of the Bureau during the past year have been devoted 

 chiefly to preparing for publication the proposed Handbook of 

 Indians, which will include not only descriptions of the tribes and 

 their settlements, but also poj^ular articles covering the wdiole range 

 of ethnological and archaeological research relating to them. No 

 work of its kind so comprehensive in scoj)e has ever been attempted, 

 and the effort to combine popular treatment with scientific accuracy 

 has involved an extra amount of time and labor. Almost all the 

 prominent ethnologists of the country have written sj^ecial articles 

 for the Handbook, and all the staff of the Bureau and ethnologists 

 resident in the city have aided in criticism and revision. 



Though somewhat curtailed through the necessity of retaining 

 several ethnologists for ^Aork on the Handbook, the field w^ork of the 

 Bureau has been continued in Maryland, Virginia, Oklahoma, Indian 

 Territory, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Mexico. Dr. J." Walter 

 Fewkes, under a grant from the Smithsonian Institution, made an 

 extended archaeological trip through Mexico; Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, of 

 the National Museum, made a visit to Arizona in behalf of the 

 Bureau; and Mr. E. L. Hewett was commissioned to visit New ISIex- 

 ico for the purpose of making researches among the ancient ruhis of 

 the so-called Pajarito Park district. 



The systematic study of visiting Indian delegations has been con- 

 tinued with success. During the vear 22 delegations consented to 

 be photographed, and in some cases allowed themselves to be meas- 

 ured and even to have plaster casts of their faces taken. 



The work of compiling an archasological map of the United 

 States, which had received some attention in previous years, was 

 carried forward with all possible dispatch during the past year. 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



The International Exchange Service of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion has for more than fifty years been the medium of exchange of 

 documents and scientific publications between the Government and 

 learned institutions of the United States and those of foreign coun- 

 tries. Through its operations the Library of Congress has secured 

 a large collection of public documents, and an unequaled collection of 

 scientific serials has been acquired by the Institution for its deposit 

 in the Library of Congress. Each year the service grows in size 

 and importance. The W'cight of packages handled by it in 1899 

 was 317,883 pounds; in 1905 it was 474,871 pounds, an increase of 

 40 per cent in six years. 



