XXXVI REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



Dr W. J. Hoffman was occupied tlirougliout the montli in 

 the elaboration of the material gathered among the Menomini 

 Indians during the last four years, and especially during the 

 last season, and satisfactory progi'ess has been made in the 

 ]:)reparation of this material as a monograph of that trilje among 

 reports of the Bureau. 



Publication — The Ninth Annual Report has been received 

 and the distribution has been commenced. The Tenth Annual 

 Report is leaving the press. The greater part of the Eleventh 

 Annual Rejjurt lias been stereotyped, and the remaining portion 

 is ]jassing rapidlv through the printer's hands. The Twelfth 

 Annual Report will l)e put on the press so soon as conditions in 

 the ])rinting office permit. Volume ix of tlie Contributions to 

 Nortli .Vmerican Ethnology also is practically ready for print- 

 ing. A bulletin devoted to the Pamunkey Indians of Virginia, 

 by Mr J. Garland Pollard, has been edited during the month, 

 and is just going to the printer. 



Benioral of office — While the transfer of the office wa.s practi- 

 cally completed during September, the remoA'al and rearrange- 

 ment of the library have occupied attention during the present 

 month. 



OPERATIONS DURIIVG NOVEMBER 



Work ill sign languacie — Colonel Garrick Mallery has con- 

 tinued the preparation of a monograph on gesture signs and 

 signals, which will embrace the material gathered since the 

 ])ul)lication of the preliminar-s' essav on this subject in 1881 

 in the First x\iniual Report of the Bureau. In addition, some 

 time was spent in w(.)rk on the administrative ])ortion of the 

 Eleventh and Twelfth annual reports, now in })ress. 



Work in mounds and other antiquities — Dr Cyrus Thomas has 

 been occupied chiefly in researches concerning the Maya hiero- 

 glyphs and calendars, and a ])aper designed for publication as 

 a bulletin was prepared. This essay deals with the time series 

 recorded in the Dresden codex. In it Dr Thomas is able to 

 give what would appear to be the ffrst positive evidence that 

 the year used in the Maya codices consisted of 365 days and 

 that a four-year series was recognized. The Maya year was 



