﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  51 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Steward 
  took 
  an 
  active 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  Inter- 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Society 
  of 
  Anthropology 
  and 
  Geography, 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  cooperative 
  anthropological 
  and 
  geographic 
  re- 
  

   search. 
  Dr. 
  Ralph 
  L. 
  Beals 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  take 
  over 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

   organizing 
  and 
  developing 
  the 
  society. 
  The 
  society 
  has 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  700 
  members 
  throughout 
  the 
  Americas, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  issue 
  of 
  its 
  

   quarterly 
  journal, 
  Acta 
  Americana, 
  was 
  in 
  press 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year. 
  

  

  Plans 
  were 
  developed 
  for 
  cooperative 
  Institutes 
  of 
  Social 
  Anthro- 
  

   pology 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  training 
  students 
  and 
  in 
  carrying 
  on 
  field 
  work 
  

   in 
  the 
  other 
  American 
  republics. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Steward 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  committees 
  concerned 
  with 
  co- 
  

   operative 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  inter-American 
  relations 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Governors 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Indian 
  Institute 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  He 
  also 
  represented 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  at 
  the 
  inauguration 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Everett 
  Needham 
  Case 
  as 
  president 
  of 
  

   Colgate 
  University. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Alfred 
  Metraux, 
  ethnologist, 
  continued 
  his 
  work 
  as 
  assistant 
  to 
  

   Dr. 
  Julian 
  H. 
  Steward 
  in 
  preparing 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  South 
  American 
  

   Indians. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  editing 
  materials 
  furnished 
  by 
  other 
  contribu- 
  

   tors, 
  Dr. 
  Metraux 
  completed 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  manuscript 
  material 
  

   of 
  his 
  own 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  Handbook. 
  Through 
  an 
  arrangement 
  with 
  

   the 
  National 
  University 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  Dr. 
  Metraux 
  went 
  to 
  Mexico 
  City 
  

   to 
  teach 
  from 
  March 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  

   Dr. 
  Metraux's 
  paper 
  entitled 
  "The 
  Native 
  Tribes 
  of 
  Eastern 
  Bolivia 
  

   and 
  Western 
  Matto 
  Grosso" 
  was 
  issued 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  134 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Dr. 
  Henry 
  B. 
  Collins, 
  Jr., 
  ethnologist, 
  was 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  work 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  war, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  the 
  Ethnogeographic 
  Board. 
  Early 
  in 
  July 
  1942 
  Dr. 
  Collins 
  

   was 
  detailed 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  handling 
  requests 
  for 
  regional 
  

   and 
  other 
  information 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Ethnogeographic 
  Board 
  from 
  

   the 
  armed 
  services 
  and 
  other 
  war 
  agencies. 
  On 
  February 
  28, 
  1943, 
  

   he 
  was 
  elected 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  capacity 
  

   continued 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  research 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  re- 
  

   quests. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Dr. 
  William 
  N. 
  Fenton, 
  as- 
  

   sociate 
  anthropologist, 
  was 
  engaged, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania 
  Historical 
  Commission, 
  in 
  a 
  brief 
  field 
  trip 
  among 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   Indians 
  on 
  the 
  Cornplanter 
  Grant 
  in 
  northwestern 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

   The 
  object 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  was 
  to 
  collect 
  Indian 
  geographic 
  names 
  and 
  

   traditions 
  on 
  hunting 
  and 
  fishing 
  along 
  the 
  Allegheny 
  River. 
  

  

  Following 
  his 
  return 
  to 
  Washington, 
  Dr. 
  Fenton 
  devoted 
  most 
  

   of 
  his 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  projects 
  received 
  

  

  