ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XLI 



Tlicre are in luuul and nearly nr quite rea(h- for the press 

 the Thirteentli Annual Report and material fur the F<turteenth 

 Annual ; Mr Pilling's Bibliography of the Wakashan Lan- 

 guages; a nionogTaph on Aboriginal Potterv of Kastern United 

 States, Ijv Pi\)fessor Holmes; and a paper on Prehistoric 

 Trephining in Peru, by Dr Manuel Antonio ]\Iinliz; a bulletin 

 on the ]\Iava Calendar System deduced from the Dresden 

 Codex, bv Dr Cyrus Thomas; and a bulletin on Primitive 

 Gaming, by Mr F. PI. Cushing and Mr Stewart Culin. In addi- 

 tion, various other reports are approaching comjjletion. 



Ilt'sunir (if field loorli — Field M'ork was continued during the 

 month in Oklahoma and Arizona; in the former Mr Mooney 

 was engaged in studies and collections pertaining to the Kiowa, 

 Comanche, and Caddo Indians; in the latter Mr Cosmos 

 Mindeleft" made inqxirtant surve^'s and researches among the 

 Pueblos. 



BcsniiH' of office irork — .V large part of the energies of the 

 Bureau have been devoted to ^vork in linguistics and sign lan- 

 guage. Colonel Maller^' has continued the preparation of the 

 report on the latter sulyect; ^Ir Dorsey, Dr Gatschet, and Mr 

 Hewitt have been engaged in linguistics and have made prog- 

 ress in recording- vocabularies and grammars of the rapidly 

 passing peoples native to this country. Contributions to the 

 same suliject have been made bv Mr ]\Iooney and Dr Hoffman. 

 Mr Pilling's bibliographies of Indian linguistics have already 

 come to be recognized as the standard throughout the world, 

 and his work thereon has been continued with increased 

 energy. 



Tlie arts of our aborigines continue to receive attention. 

 Professor Holmes has continued researches and the prepara- 

 tion of reports on the arts of eastern United States, while Dr 

 Thomas has been occupied with reports relating to various 

 arts of the interior and the southwest. Mr Cushing, Mr Diii- 

 widdie, and others have contributed to this subject. 



The Vjeliefs of the aborigines remain under investigation, 

 from which fruitful results have alreadv flowed, thougli the 

 richest product has vet to be garnered. Mrs Stevenson, Mr 

 Cushing, Mr ]\Ioonev, and Dr Hoffman have all contributed to 

 the stock of knowledge couceming these primitive beliefs. 



