60 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
ing aboriginal remains is not forthcoming from certain other parts 
of the country east of the Mississippi, especially the New England 
States, which at this writing are not adequately represented. The 
bureau is indebted to Mr. Warren K. Moorehead, of the department 
of archeology of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., for the generous 
use of original data gathered by him in Maine in advance of its 
publication by the academy. 
Mr. James Murie, as opportunity offered and the limitations of a 
small allotment made by the bureau for these studies allowed, con- 
tinued his observations on the ceremonial organization and rites of 
the Pawnee tribe, of which he is a member. The product of Mr. 
Murie’s investigation of the year, which was practically finished but 
not received in manuscript form at the close of June, is a circum- 
stantial account of “ The Going After the Mother Cedar Tree by the 
Bear Society,” an important ceremony which has been performed 
only by the Skidi band during the last decade. 
In the last annual report attention was directed to a proposed 
series of handbooks of the Indians of the several States and to the 
arrangements that had been made for such a volume, devoted to the 
tribes of California, by Dr. A. L. Kroeber, of the University of Cal- 
fornia. The author has submitted sections of the manuscript of this 
work for suggestion, and, although his university duties have delayed 
its completion, there is every reason to believe that when the mate- 
rial is finished and published it will form an excellent model for the 
entire series. It has been hoped that the pecuniary means necessary 
for the preparation of these State handbooks would be provided in 
accordance with the estimate of an appropriation submitted for this 
purpose, but unfortunately the desired provision was not made. 
Prof. Howard M. Ballou, of Honolulu, has submitted from time 
to time additional titles for the List of Works Relating to Hawaii, 
compiled in collaboration with the late Dr. Cyrus Thomas. The 
material for this bibliography is in the hands of Mr. Felix Neumann 
for final editorial revision, and it is expected that the entire manu- 
script will soon be ready for composition. 
The large collection of manuscripts in possession of the bureau 
has been in continuous charge of Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt. A few note- 
worthy additions were made during the year besides those prepared 
or which are in process of preparation by members of the staff. 
Among these may be mentioned the “ Dictionary of Words that have 
been Made Known in or Introduced into English from the Indians 
of North, Central, and South America,” by the late William R. 
Gerard, a work requiring many years of assiduous labor. The 
manuscript was acquired for a nominal consideration from Mrs. 
Gerard, and it is the design to publish the dictionary as soon as it 
can be given the customary editorial attention. Before his death 
