XXVIII ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



special applications to individuals and through interest ex- 

 cited by the publications thus far made. It is hoped that ad- 

 ditional impulse may be given to the researches of this class 

 of persons In- the timely publication of bulletins setting- forth 

 the discoveries and contributions of the various scholars who 

 thus co-operate with the Bureau. 



In order to set forth satisfactorily the operations of the 

 Bureau somewhat in detail, the subject will be divided into 

 three principal parts, the first relating to the publication made 

 by the Bureau, the second to the work prosecuted in the field, 

 and the third to the office work, being to a large extent the 

 preparation for publication of the results of field work, with 

 the corrections and additions obtained from the literature of 

 the subject and by correspondence. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



During the early part of the year the First Annual Report 

 was issued and distributed. It was a royal octavo volume of 

 638 pages, besides 56 full page plates, the whole number of 

 illustrations being 346. The papers accompanying the official 

 statement of the Director were as follows: 



On the evolution of language, by J. W. Powell. 



Sketch of the Mythology of the Noith American Indians, hy J. W.Powell. 



Wyandot Government, by J. W. Powell. 



On limitations to the use of some anthropologic data, by J. W. Powell. 



A further contribution to the study of the mortuary customs of the North American 

 Indians, by H. C. Yarrow. 



Studies in Central American picture writing, by E. S. Holden. 



Cessions of land by Indian tribes to the United States, by C. C. Royce. 



Sign language among North American Indians, by Garrick Mallery. 



Catalogue of linguistic manuscripts in the library of the Bureau of Ethnology, by 

 J. C. Pilling. 



Illustration of the method of recording Indian languages, from the manuscripts of 

 Messrs. J. O. Dorsey, A. S. Gatschet, and S. R. Riggs. 



Of the Second Annual Report 465 pages, comprising the 

 whole volume except the official introduction by the Director 

 and the index, were stereotyped during the year. 



Pages 493-571 of the English- Klamath part of the diction- 

 ary of the Klamath language, by Mr. A. S. Gatschet, to form, 

 when completed, Vol. II of the series of Contributions to North 

 American Ethnology, were stereotyped. 



