CONTENTS. 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



Pago 



Introdiictiou xxiu 



Publications xxiv 



Field work • xxv 



Mouud explorations xxv 



General field studies xxvi 



Work of Mr. W. H. Holmes • xx\i 



Work of Dr. W. J. Hofiniaii xxvi 



Work of Mr. Victor Mindeli'ti' xx vii 



Work of Mr. James Mooney xxvii 



Work of Mr. Jeremiah Curtiii xxi.v 



Work of Mr. J. N. B.Hewitt xxx 



Work of Mrs. M. C. Stevenson xxx 



Ofliee work xxx 



Work of the Director xxx 



Work of Colonel Garrick Mallery xxxi 



Work of Mr. H. W. Heushaw xxxi 



Work of Mr. J. Owen Dorsey xxxi 



Work of Mr. A. S. Gatschet xxxil 



Work of Mr. Jeremiah Ciirtin xxxiii 



Work of Dr. W. .T. Hoffman xxxiii 



Work of Mr. James Mooney xxxiii 



Work of Mr. W. H. Holmes xxxiv 



Work of Mr. J. C. Pilling xxxiv 



Work of Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt xxxv 



Work of Prof. Cyrus Thomas xxxv 



Work of Mr. H. L. Reynolds xxxv 



Work of Mr. Victor Miudeleff xxx vi 



Work of Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff xxx vi 



Work of Mr. DeLancey W. Gill xxxviii 



Accompanying papers xxxix 



Subjects treated xxxix 



The Sia, by Matilda Coxe Stevenson xxxix 



Ethnology of the Ungava district, by Lncien M. Turner XLi 



A study of Siouan cults, by J. Owen Dorsey xi.iii 



Financial statement xi.\ii 



ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. 



THE SIA, BY MATILDA COXE STEVENSON. 



Introduction 9 



Cosmogony 26 



Cult societies 69 



Theurgistic rites 73 



Rain ceremonial of the Snake society 76 



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