XLVIII ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



North American tribes by many hundred new cards of refer- 

 ence. 



Mr. Frank Hamilton Cusiiing was engaged at Washington 

 during the months of July and August, 1882, in transcribing 

 his voluminous field notes on the gentile, esoteric, religious, 

 and governmental organizations of the Zuni, preparatory to 

 an essay on the Zuni Sociology in a broader sense He also 

 prepared the greater portion of his field notes on other sub- 

 jects, including archaeologic and linguistic studies, for systema- 

 tizing in a series of short papers, when such should be rendered 

 possible by additional research, for which he resumed field 

 work, as specified under that heading. 



By request of the Director, he prepared in April, for reading 

 before the National Academy of Sciences, a short paper on the 

 "Relationship between Zuni Mythologic and Sociologic Sys 

 terns and Institutions." Following out some of the principles 

 laid down in that address, he wrote a paper on Zuni Fetiches, 

 which was published in the second annual report of the Bureau. 



Mr. James C. Pilling continued the preparation of a Bibli- 

 ography of North American Languages, but, as stated in pre- 

 vious reports, was able to give to it but a portion of his time. 

 During the year proof-sheets of pages 97 to 512 were received 

 from the Public Printer, and copies of each signature were dis- 

 tributed to competent persons at a distance lor the purpose 

 of obtaining suggestions, additions, and corrections. Among 

 those who greatly aided the work were Senor Icazbalceta, of 

 the city of Mexico; Mr. Wilberforce Fames, of New York City; 

 Mr. C. A. Cutter, of the Boston Athenaeum ; and Mr. Addison 

 Van Name, of Yale College. 



In December, 1882, Mr. Pilling made a trip to several libra- 

 ries in New York City, Boston, and Providence for the purpose 

 of settling certain disputed points; and in the following spring 

 he visited the library of Mr. H. I f . Bancroft, at San Francisco, 

 Cal. While en route, the archives at Chihuahua, in Mexico, 

 were examined. Later, the library of the Wisconsin Historical 

 Society, at Madison, and the Cincinnati Public Library were 

 visited and good results obtained. 



Mr. Charles C. Royce, who, for nearly two years, had been 



