ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XLV 



will, it is thouo-ht, form a standard treatise on aborisfinal Ameri- 

 can ling-uistics. 



Mr J. N. B. Hewitt was occupied a part of tlie month in 

 arranging- manuscripts in tlie fireproof \ault, under the direc- 

 tion of Mr Dorsey. The later part of the month was spent in 

 the study of the "Old Cay use" language, the affinities of which 

 have not hitherto been understood The results of his study 

 tend to indicate tluit the Waiilatpuan family is really a branch 

 of the Shahaptian. Should further research indicate this to be 

 true, it will be an inn)ortant addition to knowledge of the dis- 

 tribution of linguistic stocks in northwestern United States. 



Work ill hihJiographij — During- the earlier part of December 

 Mr Pilling was engaged in completing for the ])ress the mami- 

 script of his Bibliography of the Wakashan Languages. This 

 treatise was transmitted for pul)lication on the 8th and is now 

 in j)ress, and proofs of the earlier portion have been received- 

 The remainder of the month was occupied in correspondence 

 and ill researches relating to the literature of several linguistic 

 families not yet completed, and progress was made in the 

 preparation for the press of the manuscript of tlie Bibliography 

 of the iShahaptian Languages. 



Work ill sociology — The chief work in tliis direction during 

 the month was that of Dr W. .7. Hoffman, who has continued 

 the preparation of his report on the ^lenomini Indians. Dur- 

 ing the month the chapters relating to the cult cerenit)nials and 

 mythology have been prepared, and illustrative material has 

 been brought together. 



Besume of field irork — Field work was continued in only one 

 region, namely, in the Pueblo country of the southwest, where 

 Mr Cosmos Mindeleff has been engaged in surveys and re- 

 searches pertaining to the cliff ruins. 



Resume of office ivorl; — The researches in the oflfice have per- 

 tained chiefly to linguistics, including- gestin-e language. A 

 monograph on gesture speech anu)ng- the Indians is approach- 

 ing- completion ; three linguists have made sid>stantial progress 

 in researches relating to the languages of tribes in different 

 parts of the coimtry, and two other students, engaged in related 

 work, have elaborated the linguistic material of other tribes; 



