ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XXVII 



Annual Report and the BibliooTaphv otthe Salishan Languages 

 has been commenced. Tlie stereotyping ot the Tenth Annual 

 Report has been completed, and the plates are on the press. 

 The body of the Twelfth Annual Re])ort has Ijeen stereotyped, 

 and the Eleyentli Annual Report is rapidly ])assing through 

 the printer's hands, the iirst of the three papers being no^v in 

 page proof, the second well advanced in galleys, and the third 

 just coming in. 



Work in the preparation of illustrations has been continued,, 

 and a number of remarkably tine i)lates designed to illustrate 

 reports by Mrs Stevenson on Zufii ceremonials, and by Mr 

 James Mooney on tlie Ghost dance, have been completed. 



The Bureau has assinned possession of its new quarters in 

 the Adams building, Init the transfer of persons and })ro|)erty 

 has been unexpectedly delayed and is not yet completed. 



The Director has continued the installation and arrangement 

 of the Bureau exlii!)it at the World's Columbian Exposition, 

 and has been aided therein by Mr Cusliing, and for a jjart of 

 the month by Professor Holmes and Mrs Stevenson. 



OPEKATIONS DURING SEPTEMBER 



Work ill mounds and oilier antiijiiifics — r)r C^A'rus Thomas was 

 occupied during a jiart of the month in final critical examina- 

 tion of proofs of texts and illustrations of his monograph on 

 tlie Indian mounds of eastern United States. The remaining 

 portion of the month was spent in carrying forwai-d the re- 

 searches concerning the Maya codices and in work relating 

 thereto. The investigation is laborious and slow by reason of 

 the large number of historic, linguistic, and other comparisons 

 required at every step. Some time has been occupied in exam- 

 ining the literatin-e relating to Central American deities and 

 mythology, Avith special reference to the Maya Pantheon, with 

 the object of identifying the glyphs describing- such deities. A 

 new study has also l)een made of the symbols representing 

 days and months, in order to utilize these names in the inter- 

 pretation of other characters. The recent work indicates that 

 the Maya writing is in some measure phonetic, but also com- 

 prises the use of the rebus, or what Brinton characterizes as- 

 the ikouographic method of Avriting. 



