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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  

  

  gaged 
  during 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  exploring 
  the 
  mounds 
  

   of 
  northern 
  Georgia 
  and 
  east 
  Tennessee. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  8. 
  D. 
  Peet 
  was 
  employed 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  months 
  in 
  prepar- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  preliminary 
  map 
  showing 
  the 
  localities 
  of 
  the 
  antiquarian 
  

   remains 
  of 
  Wisconsin 
  and 
  the 
  areas 
  formerly 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  

   several 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  which 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  inhabited 
  that 
  

   region. 
  In 
  addition 
  he 
  prepared 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  notes 
  on 
  

   the 
  distribution 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  mounds 
  and 
  other 
  ancient 
  

   works 
  of 
  Wisconsin. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  was 
  engaged 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June, 
  1886, 
  in 
  

   exploring 
  mounds 
  and 
  investigating 
  the 
  ancient 
  works 
  in 
  south- 
  

   western 
  Pennsylvania; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Reynolds, 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  

   time, 
  in 
  tracing 
  and 
  exploring 
  the 
  monumental 
  remains 
  of 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  details 
  necessary 
  for 
  office 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  maps 
  and 
  plats 
  for 
  the 
  report, 
  and 
  cataloguing 
  

   the 
  collection, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  field 
  work 
  accomplished 
  was 
  equal 
  

   to 
  that 
  done 
  in 
  previous 
  years. 
  Although, 
  as 
  before 
  stated, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  assistants, 
  Mr. 
  Middleton, 
  was 
  chiefly 
  engaged, 
  while 
  

   in 
  the 
  held, 
  in 
  surveying, 
  about 
  3,500 
  specimens 
  were 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  drawings 
  obtained 
  illustrating 
  the 
  

   different 
  modes 
  of 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  mounds. 
  

  

  EXPLORATIONS 
  IN 
  STONE 
  VILLAGES. 
  

   WORK 
  OF 
  DIRECTOR 
  .T. 
  W. 
  POWELL. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1885 
  the 
  Director, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  James 
  Stevenson, 
  revisited 
  portions 
  of 
  Arizona 
  and 
  New 
  

   Mexico 
  in 
  which 
  many 
  structures 
  are 
  found 
  which 
  have 
  greatly 
  

   interested 
  travelers 
  and 
  anthropologists, 
  and 
  about 
  which 
  vari- 
  

   ous 
  theories 
  have 
  grown. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  investigation 
  have 
  

   been 
  so 
  much 
  more 
  distinct 
  and 
  comprehensive 
  than 
  any 
  before 
  

   obtained 
  that 
  they 
  require 
  to 
  be 
  reported 
  with 
  some 
  detail. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  plain 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Colorado 
  River 
  and 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Francisco 
  Mountain 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  scattered 
  

   ruins, 
  usually 
  having 
  one, 
  two, 
  or 
  three 
  rooms 
  each, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  built 
  of 
  basaltic 
  cinders 
  and 
  blocks. 
  Through 
  the 
  plain 
  a 
  

   valley 
  runs 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  and 
  then 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  Little 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  