﻿APPENDIX 
  4 
  

   KEPOET 
  ON 
  THE 
  BUKEAU 
  OF 
  AMEKICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  

   researches, 
  office 
  work, 
  and 
  other 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Ethnology 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  ^une 
  30, 
  1929, 
  conducted 
  

   in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  May 
  16, 
  1928. 
  The 
  

   act 
  referred 
  to 
  contains 
  the 
  following 
  item 
  : 
  

  

  American 
  ethnology 
  : 
  For 
  continuing 
  ethnological 
  researches 
  among 
  the 
  

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

   of 
  archeologic 
  remains 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  in> 
  

   eluding 
  necessary 
  employees, 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  manuscript, 
  drawings, 
  and 
  lllus 
  

   trations, 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals, 
  and 
  traveling 
  expenses, 
  $60,300 
  

  

  Mr. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling 
  entered 
  upon 
  his 
  duties 
  as 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  

   August 
  1, 
  1928, 
  succeeding 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes, 
  who 
  retired 
  

   January 
  15, 
  1928. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  September 
  and 
  October 
  Mr. 
  Stirling 
  worked 
  

   with 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  Acoma 
  Indians 
  who 
  were 
  visiting 
  Washington 
  and 
  

   secured 
  from 
  them 
  in 
  as 
  complete 
  form 
  as 
  possible 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  

   migration 
  myth 
  of 
  that 
  very 
  conservative 
  tribe. 
  This 
  myth 
  not 
  only 
  

   describes 
  the 
  emergence 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  human 
  beings 
  from 
  the 
  under- 
  

   world 
  but 
  also 
  explains 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  functions 
  of 
  the 
  pantheon 
  ol 
  

   demigods 
  and 
  heroes 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  legend. 
  The 
  myth 
  likewise 
  

   explains 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  function 
  of 
  the 
  clans 
  and 
  the 
  medicine 
  societies 
  

   and 
  the 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  many 
  ceremonies 
  practiced. 
  In 
  connection 
  

   with 
  this 
  work 
  phonographic 
  records 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  66 
  songs, 
  many 
  

   of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  transcribed 
  by 
  Miss 
  Frances 
  Densmore, 
  as 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  in 
  her 
  report. 
  This 
  information 
  fills 
  an 
  important 
  gap 
  in 
  

   our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  oldest 
  inhabited 
  pueblo 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stirling 
  spent 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  in 
  Florida, 
  

   where 
  a 
  survey 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  mounds 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Tampa 
  

   Bay. 
  An 
  interesting 
  discovery 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  mounds 
  

   composed 
  of 
  mixed 
  sand 
  and 
  shell, 
  constructed 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  

   4 
  miles 
  inland, 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  shore, 
  and 
  in 
  each 
  instance 
  directly 
  

   back 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  shell 
  mound 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  salt 
  water. 
  Preliminary 
  

   excavations 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  Cockroach 
  Point, 
  Palma 
  Sola, 
  and 
  Safety 
  

   Harbor. 
  The 
  shell 
  mound 
  at 
  Cockroach 
  Point 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  and 
  is 
  composed 
  entirely 
  of 
  shell 
  and 
  bone, 
  

   refuse 
  from 
  the 
  meals 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  who 
  formerly 
  occupied 
  the 
  

  

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