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elaborated. According to the plan, the work is to consist of two 

 parts, the first a collection of data furnished by Mr. Hunt in answer 

 to specific questions asked by Dr. Boas; the second a discussion of 

 them, and other data collected on previous journeys to British Colum- 

 bia. This volume is to consist of an account of the material culture, 

 social organization, religion, and kindred subjects. Most of the 

 illustrations for this volume have been completed, and about 1,600 

 pages of manuscript have been prepared. Miss Downs has made 

 detailed extracts from Kwakiutl myths required for a discussion of 

 this subject. 



Miss Downs has also compared the proofs of Dr. Frachtenberg's 

 Siuslaw grammar Avith published texts, and these proofs have been 

 compared and passed on by Dr. Frachtenberg. This work completes 

 the revision of the Siuslaw grammar, the publication of which has 

 been delayed owing to various reasons. 



No progress has been made toward the final publication of the 

 Chukchee grammar, as it has been impossible to communicate with 

 the author, Mr. W. Bogoras, who is in Kussia. 



Some progress has been made with the contributions to Mexican 

 archeology and ethnology, to be edited by Prof. Alfred M. Tozzer, 

 of Harvard University, with a view of their publication by the 

 bureau as a bulletin. Dr. Paul Radin has furnished a manuscript on 

 Huave; Dr. Haeberlin has nearly completed the study of modern 

 Mexican tales, collected by Dr. Boas and by Miss Isabel Ramirez 

 Castafieda; and Dr. Boas has been engaged in the preparation of 

 material on certain types of Mexican pottery and on an account of a 

 journey to Teul, Zacatecas. 



Prof. W. H. Holmes, of the National Museum, completed for the 

 bureau the preparation of part 1 of the Handbook of American 

 Antiquities (Bulletin 60), and at the close of the year galley proofs 

 of the entire work had been received and were in process of revision. 

 On account of the pressure of more urgent work in connection with 

 his official duties, only limited progress was made in the preparation 

 of part 2. On April 21 Mr. Holmes made a brief visit to the 

 museums of Philadelphia and New York for the purpose of conduct- 

 ing studies required in the preparation of this handbook. 



Miss Frances Densmore's field trip during the summer of 1915 for 

 the purpose of continuing her studies of Indian music, comprised 

 visits to three reservations and occupied two and one-half months. 

 Most of the time was spent among the Mandan and Hidatsa, at Fort 

 Berthold, N. Dak., and during part of her sojourn Miss Densmore 

 camped near what is recognized as the last Mandan settlement, 

 where she was enabled to record many interesting data that could 

 not have been obtained in any other wj^y. The Indians felt more 

 free to sing there than at the agency, and Miss Densmore also had an 



