54 ANNUAL EEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1910. 



in the hands of the author, Doctor Fewkes, for revision. Owing to the con- 

 dition of tlie Bureau's allotment for printing and binding, as reiJorted by the 

 Public Printer, and on his suggestion that the work for the fiscal year be cur- 

 tailed. Bulletins 46 and 47 were not carried beyond the first galley stage. Ap- 

 pended is a list of the publications above mentioned, with their respective titles 

 and authors: 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report (1905-6), containing accompanying paper 

 entitled " The Omaha Tribe," by Alice C. Fletcher and Francis La Flesche. 



Bulletin 37. Antiquities of Central and Southeastern Missouri, by Gerard 

 Fowke. 



Bulletin 38. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii, by Nathaniel B. Emerson, A. M., 

 M. D. 



Bulletin 39. Tlingit Myths and Texts, by John R. Swanton, 



Bulletin 40. Handbook of American Indian Languages (Part 1), by Franz 

 Boas. 



Bulletin 41. Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park : Spruce-tree House, 

 by J. Walter Fewkes. 



Bulletin 43. Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast 

 of the Gulf of Mexico, by John R. Swanton. 



Bulletin 44. Indian Languages of Mexico and Central America, and their 

 Geographical Distribution, by Cyrus Thomas, assisted by John R. Swanton, 



Bulletin 45. Chippewa Music, by Frances Densmore. 



Bulletin 46. Choctaw Dictionary, by Cyrus Byington, edited by John R. 

 Swanton. 



Bulletin 47. A Dictionary of the Biloxi Language, accompanied by thirty-one 

 texts and numerous phrases, by James Owen Dorsey ; arranged and edited by 

 John R. Swanton. 



Bulletin 48. The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, 

 by David I. Bushnell, jr. 



Bulletin 49. List of the Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 



Bulletin 50. Preliminary Report on a Visit to the Navaho National Monu- 

 ment, Arizona, by Jesse Walter Fewkes. 



Bulletin 51. Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park : Cliff Palace, by 

 Jesse Walter Fewkes. 



The preparation of the illustrations for the publications of the Bureau and 

 of photographs of Indian types continued in charge of Mr. DeLancey Gill, 

 illustrator, assisted by Mr. Henry Walther. This material consists of 97 Indian 

 portraits from life, 121 negatives and 29 drawings for the Bureau publications, 

 15 copies of negatives, and 676 photographic prints. As in the past, special 

 attention was devoted to the photographing of the members of visiting deputa- 

 tions of Indians, since by this means favorable opportunity is afforded for per- 

 manently portraying the features of many of the most prominent Indians be- 

 longing to the various tribes. 



The library of the Bureau continued in immediate charge of Miss Ella 

 Leary, librarian. During the year about 1,500 volumes and about 600 pamphlets 

 were received and catalogued ; and about 2,000 serials, chiefly the publications 

 of learned societies, were received and recorded. One thousand five hundred 

 volumes were sent to the bindery, and of these all but 600 had been bound 

 before the close of the fiscal year. In addition to the use of its own library, it 

 was found necessary to draw on the Library of Congress from time to time for 

 the loan of about 800 volumes. The library of the Bureau now contains 16,050 



