L REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



the galley ])roofs aiitl n part of the pa,<>-e proofs liaA-e been revised. 

 The bulletin on Chinook Texts, Ijy Dr Franz Boas, is partly 

 comjiosed, and the earlier galley proofs have been revised. 

 The text and illustrations for the Thirteenth Annual Report 

 were examined and in great part "prepared" during the mouth, 

 and the bulletin on "An Aboriginal Quarry in Indian Terri- 

 tory" was also made ready for transmittal to the printer. 



OPERATIOlSrS DtTRIXG FEBRUARY 



The field operations for the month were limited to the work 

 of two parties, viz, that of Mr Cosmos Mindeleff in the Pueblo 

 country and that of Mr William Dinwiddie, under the direction 

 of Professor Holmes, in Virginia, the work of the former being 

 part of a systematic exploration and that of the latter Ijeing of 

 a special character designed chiefly to yield material for addi- 

 tion to the collections in the National Museum. 



Work in sif/n hn/f/uar/c — Colonel Garrick Mallery has con- 

 tinued the preparation of a monograph on this subject. During 

 the month substantial progress was made not only in the jirep- 

 aration of copy for tlie text, but also in the execution of draw- 

 ings required to illustrate the text, the subject being one Avhich 

 can be presented in satisfactory manner only by the free em- 

 ployment of the graphic method. 



Work ill Iii(J'inu JilrrofjIijpJis — I)r Cyrus Thomas has con- 

 tinued researches relating to the Maya codices. During' the 

 month especial attention was given to the symliols and names 

 for davs and months of the Maya calendar, with the vieAV of 

 preparing a bulletin on the subject, and during tlie later portion 

 of the month satisfnctoi'}' progress was made in tlie ])repai'ation 

 of this bulletin. Meantime the proofs of the liuUetin on "The 

 Maya Year" Avere revised. Hitherto there has been some dis- 

 crepancy between the aboriginal Maya codices on the one 

 hand, and the jjost-Columbian Maya books and tlie Spanish 

 chronicles on the other, as to the duration of the vear in the 

 calendar of these people and concerning certain other matters; 

 but Dr Thomas' researches are resulting in the explanation and 

 clearing away of these discrepancies and thus in establishing 



