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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1929 
  

  

  103,964. 
  Pair 
  of 
  charms 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Karuk 
  Indians 
  of 
  northern 
  California 
  to 
  

  

  ward 
  off 
  pains 
  and 
  bewitchments. 
  Made 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Phoebe 
  Maddux, 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Karuk 
  Tribe. 
  (2 
  specimens.) 
  

   105,865. 
  Collection 
  of 
  ethnological 
  objects 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  Hupa 
  Indians 
  

  

  of 
  California 
  by 
  E. 
  G. 
  Johnson 
  and 
  purchased 
  from 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  bureau. 
  

  

  (27 
  specimens.) 
  

  

  PROPERTY 
  

  

  Office 
  equipment 
  was 
  purchased 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  $292.70. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  

  

  The 
  correspondence 
  and 
  other 
  clerical 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  has 
  been 
  

   conducted 
  by 
  Miss 
  May 
  S. 
  Clark, 
  clerk 
  to 
  the 
  chief, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Anthony 
  W. 
  Wilding, 
  assistant 
  clerk. 
  Miss 
  Mae 
  W. 
  Tucker, 
  stenog- 
  

   rapher, 
  assisted 
  Dr. 
  John 
  R. 
  Swanton 
  in 
  his 
  work 
  of 
  compiling 
  a 
  

   dictionary 
  of 
  the 
  Atakapa 
  and 
  compiled 
  two 
  catalogues 
  of 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   scripts 
  in 
  the 
  archives 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  — 
  one 
  arranged 
  according 
  to 
  

   author 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  numerically. 
  Mrs. 
  Frances 
  S. 
  Nichols 
  assisted 
  

   the 
  editor. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  information 
  was 
  furnished 
  by 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  in 
  reply 
  to 
  numerous 
  inquiries 
  concerning 
  the 
  North 
  

   American 
  Indian 
  peoples, 
  both 
  past 
  and 
  present, 
  and 
  the 
  Mexican 
  

   peoples 
  of 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  and 
  early 
  historic 
  periods 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  

   Various 
  specimens 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  bureau 
  were 
  identified 
  and 
  data 
  on 
  

   them 
  furnished 
  for 
  their 
  owners. 
  

  

  Personnel. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling 
  was 
  appointed 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  

   August 
  1, 
  1928. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes 
  retired 
  as 
  associate 
  anthro- 
  

   pologist 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  November 
  14, 
  1928. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling, 
  Ch'tef. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Secretary^ 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  