XXVIII REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



Eavfrni (irchcoh)fji/ — Professor A^^ H. Holmes has ooutinued 

 liis researelies concerning the aljorig-inal arts of eastern United 

 States, interrupted only by duty in Cliicag'o instalHng- exhil)its 

 of the Bureau at the World's Fail", from the 1st to the IKth f)f 

 the month. During- the closing })art of the mouth substantial 

 progress was made in the digestion of field notes and prepara- 

 tion of rejjorts for tlie press. A monograph on aboriginal pot- 

 tery, begun a year or two since and temporarily laid aside, has 

 been again taken up Avith a yiew to completion for pul)lication 

 asyolumeviii of Contributions to North American Ethnology. 

 Satisfactory progress has been made in the rearrangement of 

 text and in the ])reparation of the drawings and photographs, 

 which the text is designed to elucidate. 



Mr William Dinwiddle, under Professor Holmes' supervision, 

 was occupied during the greater part of the month in collect- 

 ing trips along the shores and tributaries of Chesapeake bay, 

 with the object of demarking more exactly, by means of art 

 jiroducts, the territory belonging respectively to the different 

 aboriginal peoples; while Mr Gerard Fowke continued collec- 

 tion of ]naterial from the interior shell mounds of Tennessee 

 and Kentucky. This material, together with that sent in by 

 ]\Ir Dinwiddle, is now being cleaned and labeled bA' Mr Henry 

 Walther preparatory to transfer to the National Museum. 



Western archeologi/ — Mr Cosmos Mindeleti' has continued 

 operations in the Pueblo countrA-. < )n August 28 he left 

 WinsloAV for the Rio Verde by Ava}' of Sunset and Chaves 

 ])asses, Stonemaii lake, an<I Rattlesnake tanks. The road Avas 

 dirticult, but Avas traA'ersed Avithout loss. On reaching the 

 Verde he AvithdreAv his field outfit, Avhich had been stored for 

 tAvo years. Progress soutlnvard Avas delayed by mishaps, and 

 at Flagstaff for rejiairs. He left Flagstaff on Sej)tend)er 15, 

 soon reaching the Little Colorado at the mouth of San Fran- 

 cisco wash, Avliere the condition of the roads Avas such as to 

 delay progress, so that he reached Winslow only on the 20th 

 and Holbrook on the 24tli. While this journey, necessaiy to 

 oljfain the outfit, Avas tedious, no time Avas lost, for the course 

 pursued described a great circle, and Mr Mindeleff Avas able to 

 examine the country on both sides of the Little Colorado from 



