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and (10) a g-oocl series of photographs of the survivors of the 

 Kwapa tribe. 



Dr Albert S. Gatschet pushed forward practically to comple- 

 tion, so far as present data will permit, his work on the Peoria 

 language, and after comparison ■\\itli certain rare or unicpie 

 vocabularies and grammars of related languages the matter will 

 be ready for the press. In the later portion of the UKinth he 

 utilized an opportunity for collecting additional material per- 

 taining to the Algon(pnan languages among the youth of the 

 Indian school in Philadeljfhia. 



Mr J. X. B. Hewitt was occupied daring the greater part of 

 the month in the })reparation of a report on the linguistic rela- 

 tions of the Shahaptian and Waiilatpuan families and in exam- 

 ining the atHnities of these groups with the Lutuamian. This 

 study was undertaken for the especial use of the Director in 

 determining fundamental relations among linguistic stocks of 

 the northwest, and the research was conducted in an eminently 

 sati sfa ctory manner. 



Work ill hibliofjrdplii/^Duvhi'^ the mouth 3Ir James C. Fil- 

 ling's energ}^ was divided between the collection of material 

 for the Shahaptian bibliography and the revision of proofs of 

 the Bil)liogra})hy of the Wakashan Languages. The proof 

 revision of bibliographic matter is especially laborious and nec- 

 essarily proceeds slowly. Galley proofs of nearly all of the 

 matter, with page proofs of a considerable portion and page 

 revises of a quarter of the volume, were examined, corrected, 

 and returned to the printing office during the month. 



Fuhlkatmis — The printing of the Tenth Annual Keport is 

 announced to be substantially completed and tlu; sheets practi- 

 cally ready for the binder. The Twelfth Annual Report is 

 ready to go on the press iimnediately, and the Eleventh is ready, 

 except the index, Avhieh will be completed within a few days. 

 The revision of pi-oofs of the bulletin on the Pamunkey Indians, 

 by J. Garland Pollard, was completed during the month, and 

 the document has been directed to go on the press. The bul- 

 letin comprising Mr Pilling's Bibliography of the Wakashan 

 Languages is well advanced in composition. All of the Imlle- 

 tiu on "The Maya Year," by Dr Thomas, is in ty))e, and most of 



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