L ANN! AL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



torical text, a large amount of material in the shape of notes 

 has been collected concerning the various tribes, and much <>t" 

 the manuscript has already been prepared concerning the his- 

 tory of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, ('reck, Shawnee, 

 Wyandot, Miami, Kickapoo, Kaskaskia, Peoria. Piankeshaw, 

 Wea, Osage, and other tribes. 



Mi*. Henry W. Hexshaw was engaged during the year in 

 tabulating- the returns of the Indian census and in preparing 

 from those returns, from historical data, and from his own field 

 notes, a report on Indian industries. This report will explain 

 the pristine industries and means of subsistence of the several 

 tribes and trace their advance toward civilization. 



Mr. William H. Hoi mes has continued to supervise the 

 illustrations of the publications of the Bureau, and has had 

 general charge of the collections made under it and deposited 

 in the National Museum. In order to facilitate this work he 

 has been made honorary curator of pottery in that institution. 



Collections of variety and importance were made during the 

 year. A number of utensils of stone from the southern shore 

 of Humboldt Lake, Nevada, were procured by Mr. I C. Russell, 

 of the United States Geological Survey. They comprised 

 about a dozen mortars and pestles of large size and rather rude 

 finish, which were probably used by some of the modern tribes 

 of the region in pounding grass seeds. 



A collection of pottery made by Messrs. Gushing and Min- 

 deleff comprises a series of antique pieces of great interest, 

 and Mr. James Stevenson has added largely to the collections 

 of modern Pueblo art products. 



A small collection of antiquities, consisting chiefly of stone 

 implements from Oregon, was presented by Capt. Charles 

 Bendire, U. S. A. 



Much material has been added to the collection from the 

 mounds by Professor Thomas and his assistants, as elsewhere 

 specified in detail. 



In addition to the above Mr. Holmes has undertaken such 

 archseologic studies as are mainly connected with art. The 

 scope of these studies is indicated in the three papers presented 

 in this volume. 



