XLVIII REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



Mr F. W. Hodge has contiuued to divide his attention 

 between work on the Synonymy and the arrangement of the 

 contents of the hbrary. A considerable amount of manuscript 

 of the Synonymy has been made ready for publication. The 

 accessions to the liVjrary continue to increase at a highlv 

 satisfactory rate. 



TI"i'/;7r in mythology — ^Ir Frank Hamilton Gushing has contin- 

 ued the preparation of his monograph on "Aitow Games and 

 their Variants in America and the Orient," in the })reparation 

 of which he has had tlie collaboration of Mr Stewart Culin. Mr 

 Gushing has received great benefit from information relating 

 to Mexican games derived from Mr Louis O. Moctezuma, a 

 well-educated young Aztec-Spanish Mexican, well ac(i[uaint.ed 

 with tlie native Indian games of his countrv. Tlie importance 

 of tliis study of games becomes more apparent as the work 

 progresses, for among the aborigines games were played not 

 for amusement, as among civilized people, but chiefly for 

 divination, which was practiced in connection with industries 

 and enterprises of all sorts; so that divinatorv games occu})ied 

 a large place in the thought and exercised an important influ- 

 ence in the dailv life of these people. 



]\Irs M. G. Stevenson, though not completely restored to 

 health, has continued work on her monograph on the Zufii, and 

 good ])rogress has been made in the preparation of botli text 

 and illustrations. 



Work in linguistics — The montli was spent by Reverend J. 

 Owen Dorsey in the field, chiefly at the Kwapa Mission in 

 Indian Teri'itorv. The trip, which was a hasty one, ending 

 with Mr Dorsey's return about the end of the month, yielded 

 important results, including (1) the revision of Kwapa lin- 

 guistics previously I'ecoi'ded; ('2) partial revision of tlie list of 

 Kwa])a gentes; (3) an important list of local geographic 

 names; (4) a list of 254 personal names; (5) detailed informa- 

 tion respecting the wapina", or chief deity of the Kwapa 

 tribe; (6) a list of Kwapa dances; (7) a revision of the 

 Kwapa words and phrases recorded by Lewis F. Hadley; (8) 

 ten Kwapa texts, accompanied by explanatory' notes; (9) a 

 series of distinctions in pronunciation not previously known ; 



