Appendix 2. 

 REPORT ON THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report- of the opera- 

 tions of the Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1913, which have been conducted by authority of the 

 act of Congress approved August 24, 1912, making appropriations for 

 sundry civil expenses of the Government, and in accordance with a 

 plan of operations approved by the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. The act referred to contains the following provision : 



American ethnology : For continuing ethnological researches among the 

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

 preservation of archasologic remains, under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and 

 the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, including payment in advance 

 for subscriptions, $42,000. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES. 



The systematic researches were conducted by the regular staff of 

 the bureau, consisting of seven ethnologists, and by other specialists 

 not directly connected with the bureau. These operations may be 

 summarized as follows: 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist-in-charge, was occupied almost en- 

 tirely during the year with administrative affairs pertaining to the 

 bureau's activities. He was able to devote some time to the prepara- 

 tion of the Bibliography of the Pueblo Indians, the writings relating 

 to the subject covering so extended a period (from 1539 to date) and 

 being so numerous that much remains to be done. He devoted atten- 

 tion also, as opportunity offered, to the revision of certain sections of 

 the Handbook of American Indians, but as it is the desire to revise 

 this work completely, with the aid of the entire staff of the bureau as 

 well as of other specialists, little more than a beginning of the revi- 

 sion has been made. Mr. Hodge continued to represent the Smith- 

 sonian Institution at the meetings of the United States Board on 

 Geographic Names, and the Bureau of American Ethnology on the 

 Smithsonian advisory committee on printing and publication. 



Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, ethnologist, spent the summer months and 



part of the autumn of 1912 in correcting the proofs of his monograph 



on Casa Grande and of his report on the Antiquities of the Upper 



Verde River and Walnut Creek Valleys, Arizona, both of which 



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