XXVI REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



to .snppleiiieiit the work by :x brief cliai)ter setting- forth tlie 

 results of recent investifjations conceriiiug' the Dakota hiu- 

 guages, and Mr DorseA' has begun the preparation of this 

 chapter. He sjient a jtart of tlie )nonth in an examination of 

 the dictionary sh|)s of the yarious Siouan languages, for the 

 purpose of formulating a series of characters aljsolutely neces- 

 sary for recording the words of Indian languages. 



Dr A. S. Gatschet has continued researches on the Peoria 

 lauiJTiaae, chiefly in extracting o-rarnmatic elements and in 

 studA'ing the permutations of yowels and consonants, in which 

 direction interesting results have been obtained. Certain terms 

 in the vocabulary have also been found of exceptional interest 

 as suggesting, and in some cases explaimug, steps in the devel- 

 opment of mythic concejjts. 



j\Ir J. N. B. Hewitt has continued work on the Iroquoiau- 

 English dictionary, making satisfactory progress therein. 



Work in hihUogrcqjJn/ — Mr James C. Pilling was occupied 

 through(^ut the month in preparing cards taken from the Chi- 

 nookan and Salishan bibliographies for incorporation in the 

 final Avorks on those subjects. In addition, he has critically 

 examined ])late proofs of the Salishan bibliography for the 

 purpose of eliminating minor errors; and some progress has 

 been made in the preparation of manuscri])t for the next luim- 

 ber of the bibliograpliic series. 



Work in sociolorji/ — Dr W. J. Hoffman reports from Keshena,. 

 Wisconsin, the successful commencement of the season's re- 

 searches into the ceremonials of the ^lenomini, Ottawa, and 

 Ojibwa Indians; he has in addition already sent in certain 

 collections of importance representing the aboriginal arts of 

 the Indians of the Lake Superior region. One of these, a 

 birchbark canoe, typical for that region, has been transmitted 

 to the National Museum. 



The Ethnologist in Charge has been occupied chiefly in 

 administrative work, in examining matter designed for publica- 

 tion, and in continuing the arrangement of sociologic material 

 in the archives of the Bureau. 



3IiseeUaneous — As incidentally set forth above, publication 

 is proceeding satisfactorily. The distribution of the Eighth 



