NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, IQI5 Ill 
of texts and other linguistic material from one of the three Indians 
still able to speak the Natchez language. One hundred and thirteen 
pages of text with interlinear translations were secured. 
About three weeks were spent among the Creek Indians, recording 
myths and obtaining additional ethnological information. About 80 
pages of myths were obtained in English, and in addition 33 pages 
of native text from a young Creek Indian able to write in his own 
language. 
During the remainder of the time Dr. Swanton made a preliminary 
visit to the Chickasaw in order to learn how much of their ethnology 
can be recovered. Not much time was spent in any one place, but a 
Fic. 134.—“ Stomp ground” in the Cherokee country, Oklahoma. There 
are seven seats, one for each of the seven Cherokee clans. The Natchez 
Indians living among the Cherokee have a similar ground. 
considerable list of Chickasaw clans was secured and some additional 
notes were obtained regarding various matters connected with the 
ancient culture of the tribe. 
WORK AMONG THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA 
Mr. John P. Harrington became a member of the staff of the 
Bureau of American Ethnology February 20, 1915, and devoted the 
rest of the year to the study of the Chumashan and Yuman Indians of 
California and Arizona, establishing headquarters for the convenience 
of his field studies at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and at 
the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, where he was 
