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moreover, iu many ot" the dialects 8trikin<>' ])roofs of the effects 

 of discordant hu<>'uistic o-rowth. The ""eneral result of the 

 study was to prove that the two o-roups of languages have had 

 a conmion history iu part; and this conclusion has been pro- 

 visionally accepted in the classiiication of linguistic material 

 in the Bureau vaults. Other important studies relating to the 

 affinities of the aborio'inal lanyuag-es of northwestern America 

 were successfully carried forward. Mr Hewitt also aided in 

 the linguistic comparison of the Maya and Malayan terms 

 collected by Dr Thomas. Some time was given also to the 

 arrangement and transliteration of the Tubari material collected 

 by Dr Carl Lumholtz in Mexico, with a view to pulilication. 

 This collection, although not large, is of a special interest, since 

 it was obtained from the last three sm-viving- representatives 

 of the tribe who alone survive. During the last months of 

 the year ^Ir Hewitt Tuade a fruitful study of the so-called 

 irregular or anomalous verb in the Tuskarora or Mohawk 

 dialects. 



In connection with his memoir on the Menomini Indians, 

 already noted, Dr Hoffman compiled a considerable vocabulary 

 representing the language of this tribe. 



In addition to the Tubari material, in part transliterated by 

 Mr Hewitt, Dr Carl Lumholtz turned over to the Bureau the 

 vocabularies collected from the Tarahumari and Tepehuaui 

 tribes occupying the mountainous portions of the state of 

 Chihuahua, in the Republic of Mexico. Several other valuable 

 contributions to the linguistic material of the Bureau were 

 made during the year. Among these may be mentioned a 

 manuscrijDt of more than a thousand pages, representing the 

 vocabulary and g-rammar of the Nez Percd Indians of Idaho, 

 collected by the late Miss S. L. McBeth and kindly transmitted 

 to the Bureau l)y her sister, Miss Kate C. McBeth. 



MTTIIOJLOCiY 



The myths and cognate beliefs of the American aborigines 

 are of exceptional interest, since they exem})lifv in many cases 

 the influence of environment on the minds of the devotees, 

 and in some cases, moreover, the myths indicate the migra- 



