26 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1926 
The work of the gallery’s archeological expedition in China was. 
practically at a standstill during the year because of the disturbed 
conditions in that country. 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
The bureau has continued to conduct ethnological researches 
among the American Indians and to excavate and preserve ruins of 
prehistoric Indian structures, in accordance with the act of Congress 
authorizing the work. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, chief of the bureau, 
selected as a promising region for study that part of Arizona west 
of the Little Colorado River, an area practically unknown arche- 
ologically.. After a brief reconnaissance of the region, Doctor 
Fewkes chose for excavation a large mound near Flagstaff, Ariz., 
which revealed an ancient rectangular building 145 by 125 feet in 
size, containing nearly 40 rooms and a large kiva, or ceremonial 
chamber. Besides clearing and repairing the walls in order to make 
this interesting ruin available to tourists and to students of arche- 
ology, Doctor Fewkes unearthed and brought back to Washington 
a large collection of characteristic pottery of diversified form and 
color, and a number of skeletons of the former inhabitants. As 
a result of this work, it will be possible to draw conclusions re- 
garding the culture and relationships of the ancient dwellers in this 
little-known region. 
Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt was occupied during the first part of the 
year in transliterating, amending, and translating the Chippewa 
text of “ The Myth of the Daymaker.” Later he undertook the task 
of reclassifying and recataloguing the valuable collection of linguis- 
tic and historical ethnological manuscripts in the bureau archives. 
Dr. John R. Swanton completed his papers on the “ Social Organi- 
zation and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy,” 
“Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians,” 
and “'The Culture of the Southeast,” and these works are now in 
course of publication. He completed the editing of a paper on 
the “'Trails of the Southeast,” by the late William EK. Myer. Doctor 
Swanton continued his work in compiling a card catalogue of the 
words of the Timucua language, and also his investigations on the 
aboriginal trail system of North America. 
Dr. Truman Michelson conducted researches among the Algon- 
quian Indians of Iowa, studying especially the festivals of the 
Thunder and Bear gentes of the Fox Indians. He later carried on 
linguistic investigations among the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Pota- 
watomi. In Washington, Doctor Michelson prepared for publication 
two papers on sacred packs of the Fox Indians. 
Mr. J. P. Harrington was occupied during: the year in rescuing 
all that could be learned of the vanishing culture of the Mission 
