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which expert collaborators were enlisted, and the aid of men 

 of genius was sought; and he, more than all others, realizes 

 that whatever of value may be found in the results of the 

 work is to be credited in great part to devoted collaborators, 

 some of whom gained international repute through researches 

 in the bureau. A few of the workers, like the Mindeleff 

 brothers, Jeremiah Curtin, and Doctor Walter J. Hoffman, 

 have turned into other paths, while Professor William H. 

 Holmes has gone to a position of honor for which his bureau 

 training was a preparation. Doctor Albert S. Gatschet and 

 Professor Cyrus Thomas have grown old in constant duty, 

 but retain their vigor and wealth of experience ; Frederick 

 Webb Hodge and J. N. B. Hewitt, James Mooney, and 

 Mrs. Matilda Coxe Stevenson have grown up with the 

 bureau, and Frank Hamilton Gushing has spent half his 

 career in its service ; while Doctor J. Walter Fewkes has 

 recently been added to the corps. Henry W. Henshaw 

 broke in his prime, and his complete restoration is still 

 in the future ; Stevenson, Reynolds, Mallery, Dorsey, and 

 Pilling fell in harness, and live only in their works their 

 names are enrolled in the fane of science. 



When the bureau was instituted, the experience and the 

 tangible results of the preceding years of research were util- 

 ized by Director Powell in shaping its plan. It was recog- 

 nized that anthropology is a young and imperfectly organized 

 science ; it was also recognized that the subject matter of an- 

 thropology is more complex than that of any other science. 

 Accordingly it was deemed important to design and conduct 

 the researches in such manner as both to organize and diffuse 

 anthropological knowledge. Moreover, the American natives 

 were regarded as offering a field for research more extensive, 

 more clearly defined, more completely virgin, and more easily 



