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is now completing and which she expects to finish before the 

 close of the calendar year. It is the intention to combine the 

 analyses of these with the analyses contained in Bulletin 45 

 of the Bureau, always bringing forward previous work, in 

 order that the results may be cumulative. It is Miss Dens- 

 more's desire, before leaving the Chippewa work, to analyze 

 about 500 songs collected from a representative number of 

 localities, as the data derived from systematic analyses of 

 that number of songs should be a safe basis for what might 

 be termed a scientific musical study of primitive song. 



Miss Alice C. Fletcher and Mr. Francis La Flesche have 

 continued the proof revision of their monograph of the Omaha 

 Indians to accompany the Twenty-seventh Annual Report, 

 a part of which was in page form at the (dose of the fiscal year. 



Mr. J. P. Dunn pursued his studies of the Algonquian tribes 

 of the Middle West under a small allotment of funds by the 

 Bureau, but comparatively little progress was made, as it 

 was found advisable to hold the investigations somewhat in 

 abeyance until two important manuscript dictionaries — one 

 of the Peoria, the other of the Miami language — known to 

 exist, could be carefully examined, with a view of avoiding 

 repetition of effort. Mr. Dunn was enabled, however, to 

 revise and annotate completely a text in the Miami and 

 Peoria dialects recorded by the late Doctor Gatschet. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The editorial work of the Bureau was conducted by Mr. J. G. 

 Gurley, who from time to time, as pressure required, had the 

 benefit of the aid of Mr. Stanley Searles. All the publications 

 of the Bureau have passed under Mr. Gurley's editorial super- 

 vision, with the exception of part 2 of Bulletin 30 (Handbook 

 of American Indians), which has been in special charge of 

 Mr. F. W. Hodge, editor of the work, assisted by Mrs. F. S. 

 Nichols. In order to facilitate progress in the publication 

 of the Handbook of American Indian Languages, the editor 

 thereof, Dr. Franz Boas, assumed entire charge of the proof 

 reading in January, thus enabling Mr. Gurley to devote more 

 time to the numerous other publications passing through 

 press. 



