XXXIV REPORT OF THE BQREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



Report of the Bureau. The whole collection will constitute a 

 unique and interesting contributit)n to the aboriginal literature 

 of America. All the Avorcls occun-ing in the fomiulas thus far 

 translated have been glossed, Avith granimatic notes and refer- 

 ences from the original texts, making a glossary <tf about two 

 thousand words, a great part of which are in the archaic or 

 sacred language. Several weeks were also occupied in the 

 preparation of an archeologic map of the old Cherokee countiy 

 from materials collected in the field and from other informa- 

 tion in possession of the Bureau. 



Mr. W. H. Holmes was chiefly engaged in the prepai'ation 

 of papers on the arts of the moixnd builders. Fom* elaborate 

 papers have been imdertaken by Mr. Holmes, one on pottery, 

 a second on art in shell and bone, a third on textile fabrics, 

 and a fourth on pipes. Three of these papers were well 

 advanced toward completion at the close of the fiscal year. 

 In addition to this work he has prepared several papers relat- 

 ing to his field explorations. These include a report on exca- 

 vations in the ancient quartzite bowlder workshops and the 

 soapstone quames of the District of Columbia, and a rock 

 shelter in West Virginia. 



Mr. James C. Pilling continued to devote such time as he 

 could spare from other duties to the preparation of bibliog- 

 raphies of the languages of North America. At the close of 

 the fiscal year 1888-'89 the proof reading of the "Bibliography 

 of the Muskhogean Languages" was completed. Work was 

 also begam, on the Algonquian, by far the largest of those yet 

 undertaken. Much of the material for this Avas already in 

 liand, the collection having been gradually pursued during 

 several preceding years, and the greater part of the work 

 remaining consisted in assembling, arranging, revising, and 

 verifying that material. August 16-22 were profitably spent 

 by Mr. Pilling at the Lenox and Astor libraries and at the 

 New York Historical Society, in New York, and at the Mas- 

 sachusetts Historical Society, Boston Atheneum, and Boston 

 Public libraries, in Boston, chiefly in verifying and revising 

 the material in hand. The first i)ortion of the manuscript was 

 transmitted to the Public Printer November lb, 1889, and at 



