﻿XVI 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIKECTOR 
  

  

  may 
  not 
  desire 
  to 
  be 
  officially 
  connected 
  with 
  this 
  Bureau. 
  

   Their 
  contributions, 
  whether 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  suggestion 
  or 
  of 
  

   extended 
  communications, 
  will 
  be 
  gratefully 
  acknowledged 
  and 
  

   carefully 
  considered. 
  It' 
  published 
  in 
  whole 
  or 
  in 
  part, 
  either 
  

   in 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  reports 
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  in 
  monographs 
  or 
  bulletins, 
  as 
  the 
  

   liberality 
  of 
  Congress 
  may 
  in 
  future 
  allow, 
  the 
  contributors 
  

   will 
  always 
  receive 
  proper 
  credit. 
  

  

  The 
  items 
  which 
  form 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  report 
  are 
  

   presented 
  in 
  two 
  principal 
  divisions. 
  The 
  first 
  relates 
  to 
  the 
  

   work 
  prosecuted 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  

   work, 
  which 
  consists 
  largely 
  of 
  the 
  preparation 
  for 
  publication 
  

   of 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  work, 
  complemented 
  and 
  extended 
  

   by 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  literature 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  subjects 
  and 
  by 
  cor- 
  

   respondence 
  relating 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  FIELD 
  WORK. 
  

  

  This 
  heading 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into, 
  first, 
  Mound 
  Explora- 
  

   tions; 
  second, 
  Explorations 
  in 
  Stone 
  Villages; 
  and, 
  third, 
  

   General 
  Field 
  Studies, 
  among 
  which 
  those 
  upon 
  mythology, 
  

   linguistics, 
  and 
  customs 
  have 
  been 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  most 
  

   prominent, 
  

  

  MOUND 
  EXPLORATIONS. 
  

   WORK 
  OF 
  PROF. 
  CYRUS 
  THOMAS. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  mound-exploring 
  division, 
  under 
  the 
  charge 
  

   of 
  Prof. 
  Cyrus 
  Thomas, 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   with 
  the 
  same 
  success 
  that 
  had 
  attended 
  its 
  earlier 
  operations. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  proper 
  to 
  explain 
  that 
  the 
  title 
  given 
  above 
  to 
  the 
  

   division 
  does 
  not 
  fully 
  indicate 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  its 
  work. 
  The 
  

   simple 
  exploration 
  of 
  mounds 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  scope, 
  which 
  

   embraces, 
  as 
  contemplated 
  in 
  its 
  organization, 
  a 
  careful 
  exam- 
  

   ination 
  and 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  archeologic 
  remains 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains. 
  The 
  limitation 
  of 
  the 
  

   force 
  engaged 
  on 
  this 
  work 
  renders 
  it 
  necessary 
  that 
  the 
  inves- 
  

   tigations 
  should 
  be 
  conducted 
  along 
  but 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  selected 
  

   lines 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  

  

  Before 
  and 
  even 
  during 
  some 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  now 
  

  

  