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  ANNUAL 
  EEPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Hough, 
  head 
  curator 
  of 
  anthropology, 
  United 
  States 
  

   National 
  Museum, 
  was 
  detailed 
  to 
  examine 
  recent 
  excavations 
  at 
  

   Indian 
  Mound, 
  Tenn., 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Joseph 
  W. 
  Byrns. 
  

   In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Indian 
  Mound 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  burial 
  mound 
  from 
  which 
  

   the 
  place 
  derives 
  its 
  name. 
  The 
  mound 
  is 
  much 
  lowered 
  by 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  settlers 
  affirming 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  several 
  feet 
  

   higher 
  than 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  enterprise 
  of 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Seay, 
  jr., 
  excavations 
  in 
  

   the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  mound 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  several 
  slab-box 
  burials, 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  skeletons, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  artifacts. 
  From 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   mound 
  and 
  adjoining 
  lots, 
  showing 
  rich, 
  black 
  soil 
  containing 
  arti- 
  

   facts, 
  many 
  specimens 
  of 
  stone 
  implements 
  have 
  been 
  picked 
  up. 
  

   Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Seay, 
  Doctor 
  Hough 
  visited 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  village 
  sites, 
  burial 
  mounds, 
  and 
  flint 
  quarries 
  in 
  the 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  Indian 
  Mound 
  and 
  Dover, 
  collecting 
  numerous 
  specimens. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL 
  WORK 
  AND 
  PUBLICATIONS 
  

  

  The 
  editing 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  was 
  continued 
  

   through 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stanley 
  Searles, 
  editor, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  

   Frances 
  S. 
  Nichols, 
  editorial 
  assistant. 
  The 
  status 
  of 
  the 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  is 
  presented 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  summary 
  : 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS 
  ISSUED 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  82. 
  Archeological 
  Observations 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  Colorado, 
  by 
  Neil 
  M. 
  

  

  Judd. 
  171 
  pp., 
  61 
  pis., 
  46 
  figs. 
  

   Bulletin 
  83. 
  Burials 
  of 
  the 
  Algonquian, 
  Siouan, 
  and 
  Caddoan 
  Tribes 
  West 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Mississippi, 
  by 
  David 
  I. 
  Bushnell, 
  jr. 
  103 
  pp., 
  37 
  pis., 
  3 
  figs. 
  

   List 
  of 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  46 
  pp. 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS 
  IN 
  PRESS 
  OR 
  IN 
  PREPARATION 
  

  

  Forty-first 
  Annual 
  Report. 
  Accompanying 
  papers 
  : 
  Coiled 
  Basketry 
  in 
  British 
  

   Columbia 
  and 
  Surrounding 
  Region 
  (Boas, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Haeberlin, 
  Roberts, 
  

   and 
  Teit) 
  ; 
  Two 
  Prehistoric 
  Villages 
  in 
  Middle 
  Tennessee 
  (Myer). 
  

  

  Forty-second 
  Annual 
  Report. 
  Accompanying 
  papers 
  : 
  Social 
  Organization 
  and 
  

   Social 
  Usages 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Creek 
  Confederacy 
  ; 
  Religious 
  Beliefs 
  

   and 
  Medical 
  Practices 
  of 
  the 
  Creek 
  Indians 
  ; 
  Aboriginal 
  Culture 
  of 
  the 
  South- 
  

   east 
  (Swanton) 
  ; 
  Indian 
  Trails 
  of 
  the 
  Southeast 
  (Myer). 
  

  

  Forty-third 
  Annual 
  Report. 
  Accompanying 
  papers 
  : 
  The 
  Osage 
  Tribe 
  ; 
  Two 
  

   Versions 
  of 
  the 
  Child-naming 
  Rite 
  (La 
  Flesche) 
  ; 
  Wawenock 
  Myth 
  Texts 
  

   from 
  Maine 
  (Speck) 
  ; 
  Native 
  Tribes 
  and 
  Dialects 
  of 
  Coimecticut 
  (Speck) 
  ; 
  

   Picuris 
  Children's 
  Stories, 
  with 
  Texts 
  and 
  Songs 
  (Harrington) 
  ; 
  Iroquoian 
  

   Cosmology 
  — 
  Part 
  II 
  (Hewitt). 
  

  

  Forty-fourth 
  Annual 
  Report. 
  Accompanying 
  papers 
  : 
  Excavation 
  of 
  the 
  Burton 
  

   Mound 
  at 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  Calif. 
  (Harrington) 
  ; 
  Social 
  and 
  Religious 
  Usages 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chickasaw 
  Indians 
  (Swanton) 
  ; 
  Uses 
  of 
  Plants 
  by 
  the 
  Chippewa 
  

   Indians 
  (Densmore) 
  ; 
  Archeological 
  Investigations 
  — 
  II 
  (Fowke). 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  84. 
  A 
  Vocabulary 
  of 
  the 
  Kiowa 
  Language 
  (Harrington). 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  85. 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Fox 
  Ethnology 
  (Michelson). 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  86. 
  Chippewa 
  Customs 
  (Densmore). 
  

  

  