ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 11 



Doctor Fewkes was occupied in the preparation of a mono- 

 graph on Casa Grande, an extensive ruin in Arizona, exca- 

 vated and repaired by him during previous years. He gave 

 some time also to the elaboration of an account of antiquities 

 of the Little Colorado Valley, a subject to which he has 

 devoted considerable study. This work was interrupted in 

 May, 1910, when he again departed for the Navaho National 

 Monument for the purpose of continuing the archeological 

 studies commenced during the previous field season. At 

 the close of the year Doctor Fewkes was still at work in this 

 region. 



Owing to the large amount of material in process of 

 publication as a result of his own researches or assigned to 

 him by reason of his special knowledge of the subjects 

 involved, Dr. John R. Swanton, ethnologist, devoted the 

 year entirely to office work. Much of this time was spent in 

 proof reading (1) Bulletin 43, Indian Tribes of the Lower 

 Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, 

 the result of personal field investigations and historical 

 study; as well as in proof reading (2) Bulletin 46, a Choctaw 

 Dictionary, by the late Cyrus Byington; and (3) Bulletin 47, 

 on the Biloxi Language, by the late J. Owen Dorsey, arranged 

 and edited by Doctor Swanton, who incorporated therein 

 the related Ofo material collected by him in 1908 and added 

 a brief historical account of the Ofo tribe. In connection 

 with his researches on the Southern tribes or tribal remnants, 

 Doctor Swanton has revised and rearranged the Attacapa, 

 Chitimacha, and Tunica linguistic material collected by the 

 late Dr. Albert S. Gatschet and has put it almost in final 

 form for the press. With the aid of several texts recorded 

 in 1908, Doctor Swanton has spent some time in studying 

 the Natchez language, preparatory to further investigations 

 among the survivors of this formerly important group, now 

 in Oklahoma. The remainder of his energies has been 

 devoted chiefly to researches pertaining to the Creek Con- 

 federacy, with the aid of books and documents in the library 

 of the Bureau and in the Library of Congress, in anticipa- 

 tion of field investigation among the Creek tribes to be 

 undertaken, it is expected, later in 1910. 



