, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XLIII 



WorJ: in ivefitrrn, arclieohijin — A\'riting under date of Decem- 

 ber 24, ]Mr Cosmos Mindeleff reports satisfactory progress in 

 the inyesti<iiiti()ns (if the clift' ruins of Canyon de Chellv and 

 Can von del Muertc >. I )uriu<i' the month a nuinl)er of ruins were 

 visited ;ind examined, and several new })oints were developed. 

 Special attention was g-iven to the tillable lands in the canyon, 

 and ?i[r Mindeleff believes tluit tlic datn thus ol)tained will 

 throw light on the character, mode of life, and developmental 

 histor\' of the clifif-house peoples. 



Although the operations in this region have lieen retarded 

 by snow storms, sand storms, and tlie parth -frozen condition 

 of the streams, rendering them impassable to animals, the 

 progress of these researches has l)een satisfactory-. Mr Min- 

 deleff has now so planned his work that during the wor.st 

 weather he remains in camp engaged in mapping ami in the 

 elaboration of liis notes, with a A-iew to their publication on his 

 return. 



Work hi sif)iO)ii/iiiif — ^Ir James Jrooiiev, liaving- returned 

 from the field, was occupied tlu-oughout the month in office 

 work in the process of digesting field records relating espe- 

 cially to the Clhost dance and the Messiah religion. He has con- 

 stantly borne in mind the needs of the woi'k on synonymy 

 and has taken out and carded tribal names, definitions, etc. 

 In this way material progress has been made in this Ijrancli of 

 w^ork. At the same time substantial progress has been made 

 in the preyjai-ation of the memoir on the Ghost dance. 



Mr F. W. ITodge has remained at work in the office, dividing 

 his energies between the library and the synonymy. Through 

 his efforts the exchange list of the library continues to increase; 

 the regular accessions have been augmented nearly 50 per 

 cent; the additions to the library since installation in the pres- 

 ent quarters fill three large cases. Mr Dinwiddie aided in the 

 library work during a part of the month, a ])art being occu- 

 pied in photographing cei'amics for Professor Holmes. Mr 

 Hodge was able to carry forward to some extent the prepara- 

 tion of material for the Synonym^'; and some progress in the 

 same direction was made also by Mr Dorsev and Dr Gatschet. 



Work ill mythoJogij — Mr Frank Hamilton Cushing- was en- 

 gaged in the office continuing the ^preparation of his paper on 



