XXXII ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 
son has been printed. It was intended to form an appendix 
to this report, but the volume has grown to sucha size that it 
is thought best to issue it with the next report. 
RESEARCHES AMONG THE WINTUNS, BY J. W. POWELL. 
During the fall the Director made an expedition into North- 
_ ern California for the purpose of studying the Wintuns. Much 
linguistic, sociologic, and technologie material was collected, 
and more thorough anthropologic researches initiated among a 
series of tribes heretofore neglected. 
THE PREPARATION OF MANUALS FOR USE IN AMERICAN RESEARCH. 
In the second plan of operations adopted by the Bureau, 
that of promoting the researches of collaborators, aid in publi- 
cation and, to some extent, in preparation of scientific papers, 
has been given, and by various ways new investigations and 
lines of research have been initiated. For this latter purpose 
a series of manuals with elementary discussions and schedules 
of interrogatories have been prepared. 
The first is entitled Introduction to the Study of Indian 
Languages, by J. W. Powell. 
This has been widely distributed throughout North America, 
and the collection of a large body of linguistic material has 
resulted therefrom. 
A second volume of this character is entitled Introduction to 
the Study of Mortuary Customs, by Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 
This also has been widely circulated with abundant success. 
A third hand-book of the:same character is entitled Intro- 
duction to the Study of Sign Language, by Colonel Mallery. 
This was circulated in like manner with like results. 
A second edition of the Introduction to the Study of Indian 
Languages, enlarged to meet the advanced wants of the time, 
has been prepared. 
