Appendix 2. 



REPOKT ON THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Sir : Pursuant to the communication of the Acting Secretary dated 

 July 2, 1 have the honor to present the following report on the oper- 

 ations of the Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1915, conducted in accordance with the act of Con- 

 gress approved August 1, 1914, making appropriations for the sundry 

 civil expenses of the Government, and with a plan of operations sub- 

 mitted by the ethnologist-in-charge and approved by the Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. The provision of the act authorizing 

 the researches of the Bureau of American Ethnology is as follows : 



American Ethnology : For continuing ethnological researches among the 

 American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and 

 preservation of archseologic remains, under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and 

 the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, including payment in advance 

 for subscriptions, $42,000. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES. 



As in the past, the systematic researches of the bureau were con- 

 ducted by its regular staff, consisting of 9 ethnologists, including the 

 ethnologist-in-charge, and of 10 ethnologists during part of the year. 

 These operations may be summarized as follows : 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist-in-charge, devoted most of his atten- 

 tion during the year to the administration of the affairs of the bu- 

 reau, but opportunity was found, with the assistance of Miss Florence 

 M. Poast, to add materially to the compilation of the bibliography of 

 the Pueblo Indians, which now comprises about 2,400 titles. Mr. 

 Hodge also read several extended manuscripts submitted for publi- 

 cation by the bureau ; he likewise continued to represent the bureau 

 on the Smithsonian advisoiy committee on printing and publication 

 and the Smithsonian Institution on the United States Geographic 

 Board. 



Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, ethnologist, at the beginning of the fiscal 

 year brought to a close his archeological researches in the valley of 

 the lower Rio Mimbres, N. Mex., reference to which was made in the 

 last annual report. These studies of the many village sites of the 

 prehistoric people of the section named lead to the belief that the 

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