XL KEPOET OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



elemeiitar\" cdiirepts, for color adjectives, and for divisions of 

 time. With great zeal Dr Gatschet also continued at home 

 the preparation of V()cal)ularies of the Natchez lauguas'e of 

 Mississippi, being etHcieutly aided by Mrs Gatscliet. His 

 Natchez vocabularv, combined with tliat of the late Albert 

 Pike (which is in need of con-ection as to phonetics), comprises 

 about 4,()(»0 vocables. 



Mr J. N. B. Hewitt was engaged during the earlier part of 

 the month with Mr Dorsey in the classification of lingui.stic 

 manuscripts with a view tit aiTaugemeut in tlie vaults. The 

 later portion of the month was occupied largely in transcribing 

 on cards the CavTise (Umatilla) vocabularv of Reverend J. B. 

 Brouillet. At the same time a comparative studv of this lan- 

 ofuaofe with that of the Nez Perc^ was earned forward with 

 interesting results. Among other relations, it was found that 

 at least six of the numeral digits are formed from apjjarently 

 common bases. 



Work in hihliof/ra})!);/ — ^Ir James C Pilling carried forward 

 witli energv his work on linguistic bibliographv. Poinding- it 

 necessarA- to consult rare works not to be found elsewhere, he 

 %*isited the Lenox and Astor libraries during- the month, therebv 

 verifvin"- references relatino- to ditferent numbers of the series 

 and enabling him to complete the Wakashan bibliography, 

 which is now practicallv ready for the press. After his return 

 he was eng-aged continuously in completing this bulletin and 

 in })reliminary work on other numbers of the series. 



Work in socwlogy — The chief sociologic work during the 

 month was that conducted bv Dr W. J. Hoffman, who has been 

 engaged on the ethnograj^hy of the Menomini Indians. He 

 has completed a detailed description of the ritual and drama- 

 tized ceremonials of the several cult societies of this tribe, and 

 he has also arranged in foi-m for publication a number of myths 

 and folk-tales. 



Publication — The publications in press in various stages and 

 for the greater ]>art nearly ready for issue are the following : The 

 Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Annual reports, volume ix of 

 the Conti'ibutions to North American Ethnology, and the bul- 

 letin, by J. Garland Pollard, on the Pamuukey Indians of 

 Virginia, 



