﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  63 
  

  

  institutions 
  of 
  this 
  league, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Hewitt 
  had 
  then 
  acquired 
  a 
  

   conversational 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  languages 
  in 
  wliich 
  these 
  rituals, 
  

   ordinances, 
  and 
  laws 
  were 
  chiefly 
  expressed, 
  to 
  wit, 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  

   the 
  Onondaga. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Cayuga, 
  Oneida, 
  and 
  Seneca 
  was 
  

   exceptional. 
  

  

  From 
  these 
  men 
  Mr. 
  Hewitt 
  obtained 
  standard 
  texts 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  

   tongues 
  of 
  the 
  informants. 
  The 
  death 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  informants 
  

   made 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  furnished 
  by 
  them 
  difficult. 
  Eesort 
  

   was 
  had 
  then 
  to 
  other 
  less 
  noted 
  informants 
  in 
  these 
  matters, 
  and 
  

   there 
  was 
  obtained 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  versions 
  of 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  

   standard 
  texts 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  which 
  disclosed 
  views 
  and 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  which 
  it 
  seemed 
  impossible 
  to 
  harmonize 
  with 
  those 
  appearing 
  

   in 
  the 
  standard 
  texts. 
  It 
  was 
  imperative 
  that 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  dis- 
  

   cordant 
  statements 
  should 
  be 
  ascertained 
  where 
  possible 
  and 
  that 
  

   palpable 
  omissions 
  from 
  the 
  standard 
  texts 
  should 
  be 
  utilized. 
  The 
  

   task 
  was 
  to 
  ascertain 
  in 
  these 
  analytical 
  studies 
  what 
  was 
  transmitted 
  

   tradition 
  and 
  what 
  was 
  the 
  personal 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  informant, 
  unwit- 
  

   tingly 
  expressed. 
  

  

  This 
  work 
  of 
  comparison 
  was 
  undertaken 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  best 
  possible 
  

   translations, 
  interlinear 
  and 
  free, 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  native 
  texts 
  thus 
  

   studied. 
  The 
  texts 
  of 
  the 
  Installation 
  Chant, 
  the 
  Eulogy 
  of 
  the 
  

   Founders, 
  of 
  the 
  Traditional 
  Biography 
  of 
  Dcganawida 
  which 
  de- 
  

   scribes 
  in 
  great 
  detail 
  the 
  years 
  of 
  difficult 
  work 
  which 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  

   to 
  establish 
  the 
  League 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  the 
  Stone 
  

   Age 
  of 
  America, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  native 
  text 
  of 
  the 
  Requickening 
  Address 
  

   of 
  Installation, 
  were 
  subjected 
  to 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  study. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hewitt 
  represented 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Geographic 
  Board. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  attending 
  the 
  meetings, 
  he 
  

   spent 
  about 
  three 
  days 
  in 
  researches 
  for 
  the 
  executive 
  committee. 
  

  

  As 
  custodian 
  of 
  manuscripts 
  of 
  the 
  bureau, 
  Mr. 
  Hewitt 
  did 
  some 
  

   classificatory 
  linguistic 
  work 
  on 
  new 
  items 
  acquired. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hewitt 
  left 
  Washington 
  on 
  May 
  6, 
  1929, 
  to 
  continue 
  his 
  

   studies 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquoian 
  Tribes 
  dwelling 
  in 
  Canada 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  His 
  work 
  consisted 
  chiefly 
  in 
  literal 
  and 
  free 
  

   translation 
  of 
  formal 
  native 
  diction 
  embodying 
  legislative, 
  ritualis- 
  

   tic, 
  and 
  forensic 
  thought 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  coordination 
  of 
  divergent 
  

   traditional 
  statements 
  of 
  traditionally 
  historical 
  events, 
  in 
  eliminat- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  incongruous, 
  and 
  in 
  conserving 
  the 
  congruous. 
  He 
  secured 
  15 
  

   parcels 
  of 
  wampum 
  strings, 
  severally 
  bearing 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  burdens 
  of 
  the 
  ritual, 
  the 
  Requickening 
  Address 
  of 
  Installation. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Francis 
  Le 
  Flesche, 
  ethnologist, 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   completed 
  Wa-sha'-be 
  A-thi°, 
  an 
  Osage 
  war 
  ceremony, 
  composed 
  of 
  

   270 
  pages 
  of 
  manuscript, 
  with 
  diagrams 
  and 
  illustrations; 
  also 
  the 
  

   Wa'-wa-tho°, 
  a 
  ceremony 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  peace 
  pipes, 
  composed 
  

  

  