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])erhaps more than any other characteristic, distinguishes man- 

 kind from the lower animals. The conquest of fire has not 

 yet been clearly traced, but ^Ir Cushiug's researches are con- 

 tributing materially to knowledge of the subject. 



The manuscript of Mr Cushing's paper bearing the title 

 "Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths" was brought to completion 

 and at the close of the year was partially in type as one of the 

 accompanying papers of the Thirteenth Annual Report. 



Mrs Matilda Coxe Stevenson, although partially disabled by 

 overwork and exposure during her last tield season among the 

 Sia Indians of New Mexico, began in July the revision of the 

 proofs of her article on that tribe, which cover pages 3-157 

 of the Eleventh Annual Report. On the completion of the 

 proof reading, early in September, Mrs Stevenson continued 

 the preparation of a report on certain myths and ceremonials 

 of the Zuni tribe, among whom she lia.s spent a number of sea- 

 sons. Notwithstanding ill health, she succeeded in completing 

 the preparation of most of the illustrative material of the mon- 

 ograph and made progress in the final re\'ision of the text. 



PSYCHOLOGY 



The Director has found opportunity for continuing his in- 

 vestigations in primitive modes of thought, carried on during 

 previoiis years. The results of these studies were imparted 

 to the members of the Bureau in a series of informal lectures, 

 establishing a iirmer and more definite basis for their researches 

 in Indian mythology and sociology. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



The work on the bibliography of native American lan- 

 guages was continued by Mr James C. Pilling. As in pre- 

 vious years much time was consumed in procuring- new 

 material for the main catalog, from which are prepared the 

 bibliographies of the various linguistic stocks. This work 

 necessitates a careful review of all the catalog material relat- 

 ing to Americana generally — those of auction sales, of book- 

 sellers' catalogs, of the reviews, etc — and these furnish brief 

 titles, which are used as memoranda for further research. In 



