16 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



"Remarks on the aboriginal histoiy of the Mississippi 

 Valley " ; and Mr. James Moone}' and Dr. John R. Swan ton 

 were designated to attend the meeting and present papers 

 dealing with kindred subjects. 



Mrs. M. C. Stevenson, ethnologist, remained in the field, 

 in New Mexico, dtu'ing the entire year. Having established 

 headquarters at Espanola, she devoted her time largely to 

 investigations among the local Pueblo tribes, interrupting 

 the work for short periods to record valuable data commu- 

 nicated by visiting members of the Zuni tribe. Her 

 researches included detailed studies of the history^ social 

 organization and customs, religion and religious practices, 

 and arts and industries of the Santa Clara and San Ildefonso 

 tribes; and progress was made in the comparative study of 

 these varied subjects among the numerous Puelilos. 



Aside from the more systematic ethnological work, Mrs. 

 Stevenson gave much attention to her unfinished papers on 

 "The preparation of cotton, yucca, and wool for the loom 

 by the New Mexican tribes" and on the "Medicinal and food 

 plants used by the Zuni Indians." 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist, was engaged chiefly in 

 continuing the editorial work on Part 2 of the Handbook of 

 American Indians, carrying along the proof-reading toward 

 the close of the alphabet and writing and inserting many 

 articles on lesser subjects that it had been found essential 

 to include. In this work he had the assistance especially 

 of Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, who prepared articles pertaining 

 chiefly to the Iroquois tribes; of Mr. William R. Gerard, of 

 New York, who revised and rewrote numerous articles 

 involving the etymology of Indian terms; and of Dr. Her- 

 bert E. Bolton, of the University of Texas, who continued to 

 supply, to the end of the alphabet, articles relating to the 

 tribes of Texas. The work of completing the second part of 

 the Handbook of American Indians did not proceed as rap- 

 idly as was hoped at the beginning of the j'ear, owing to the 

 fact that the burden of the administrative work of the 

 Bureau devolved upon Mr. Hodge when the chief was called 

 to South America and later to the Seattle Exposition, as 



