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of visitors to Elden Pueblo during its excavation was very large 
and consisted not only of a large number of residents of Flagstaff 
but also of tourists from distant States. 
Before commencing the archeological work, the chief assisted by 
Mr. John P. Harrington, ethnologist, cooperated with Mr. J. O. 
Prescott, of the Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind., in the recording 
of some of the Hopi songs. Through the kindness of the Office of In- 
dian Affairs, four of the older Hopi were brought from Walpi to 
the Grand Canyon, where 11 katcina songs were recorded. It was 
particularly fitting that the records were made at the Grand Canyon, 
as it holds such a prominent position in Hopi mythology. 
The chief was also assisted in the archeological work by Mr. Har- 
rington and by Mr. Anthony W. Wilding, stenographer. Their 
assistance was invaluable and did much to make the field work a 
success. 
During the past year, the bureau has had in the field a larger num- 
ber of investigators than in any previous year during the last decade. 
Field-work has been done in various parts of our country, from 
Alaska to Florida, and although the line of research has in some in- 
stances been more or less limited in its nature, the total results have 
brought into the office much new data regarding the Indian life and 
a larger number of specimens illustrative of it than has resulted 
from field-work in comparatively recent years. 
It is recognized by the chief that the time that can be devoted to 
rescuing data regarding the life and habits of the American Indians 
is more or less restricted; that is, Indian culture is rapidly fading 
away and is doomed in a short time to utter extinction. While this 
is true of ethnological data it is not necessarily true of archeologi- 
cal material. In fact the antiquities of our country belonging to the 
past of the Indian are yearly attracting more and more attention, 
and in order to keep pace with this interest the bureau has chosen to 
represent it in the field a considerable proportion of archeological 
problems. 
At the beginning of the fiscal year, Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, ethnolo- 
gist, took up anew the work of transliterating, amending, and trans- 
lating the Chippewa text of The Myth of the Daymaker, by Mr. 
George Gabaoosa, and also that of an Ottawa version of a portion of 
the Nanabozho cycle of myths by John L. Miscogeon. 
In October Mr. Hewitt began the work of reclassifying and re- 
cataloguing the linguistic, historical, and other ethnological manu- 
scripts in the archives of the bureau. In this work he was assisted 
by Miss Mae W. Tucker. The card index consists of 2,924 items, 
with approximately 6,150 cross-reference cards. 
During the fiscal year Dr. John R. Swanton, ethnologist, made 
final additions to his papers on the Social Organization and Social 
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