﻿XXXIV 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  

  

  1885, 
  however, 
  and 
  at 
  subsequent 
  intervals, 
  their 
  work 
  was 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Col. 
  GrARRlCK 
  Mallery, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Army, 
  continued 
  the 
  study, 
  

   by 
  researches 
  and 
  correspoudence, 
  of 
  sign 
  language 
  and 
  pic- 
  

   tography. 
  A 
  comprehensive, 
  though 
  preliminary, 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  

   latter 
  subject 
  has 
  been 
  printed, 
  with 
  copious 
  illustrations, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Fourth 
  Annual 
  Report, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Henshaw 
  was 
  engaged 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  work 
  

   upon 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  Indian 
  tribes, 
  as 
  specified 
  below. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Albert 
  S. 
  GrATSCHET 
  continued 
  to 
  revise 
  and 
  perfect 
  

   his 
  grammar 
  and 
  dictionary 
  of 
  the 
  Klamath 
  language, 
  a 
  large 
  

   part 
  of 
  which 
  work 
  is 
  in 
  print. 
  He 
  also 
  took 
  down 
  vocabu- 
  

   laries 
  from 
  Indian 
  delegates 
  present 
  in 
  this 
  city 
  on 
  tribal 
  busi- 
  

   ness, 
  and 
  thus 
  succeeded 
  in 
  incorporating 
  into 
  the 
  collections 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology 
  linguistic 
  material 
  from 
  the 
  Ali- 
  

   bamu, 
  Ilitchiti, 
  Muskoki, 
  and 
  Seneca 
  languages. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  J. 
  Owen 
  Dorsey 
  pursued 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  (fegiha 
  lan- 
  

   sruasre. 
  Having: 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  a 
  Winnebago 
  Indian 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  

   he 
  enlarged 
  his 
  vocabulary 
  of 
  that 
  language 
  and 
  recorded 
  

   grammatical 
  notes. 
  He 
  also 
  reported 
  upon 
  works 
  submitted 
  

   to 
  his 
  examination 
  upon 
  the 
  Tuscarora, 
  Micinac, 
  and 
  Cherokee 
  

   languages. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  James 
  Mooney, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  officially 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  Bureau 
  since 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  was 
  also 
  

   engaged 
  upon 
  linguistic 
  work. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  OF 
  INDIAN 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  The 
  Director 
  has 
  before 
  reported 
  in 
  'general 
  terms 
  that 
  the 
  

   most 
  serious 
  source 
  of 
  perplexity 
  to 
  the 
  student 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  

   of 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  Indians 
  is 
  the 
  confusion 
  existing 
  among 
  

   their 
  tribal 
  names. 
  The 
  causes 
  of 
  this 
  confusion 
  are 
  various. 
  

   The 
  Indian 
  names 
  for 
  themselves 
  have 
  been 
  understood 
  and 
  

   recorded 
  in 
  diverse 
  ways 
  by 
  the 
  earlier 
  authors, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  

   variously 
  transmitted 
  by 
  the 
  latter. 
  Nicknames 
  arising 
  from 
  

   trivial 
  causes, 
  and 
  often 
  without 
  apparent 
  cause, 
  have 
  been 
  

   imposed 
  upon 
  many 
  tribes. 
  Names 
  borne 
  by 
  one 
  tribe 
  at 
  some 
  

   period 
  of 
  its 
  history 
  have 
  been 
  transferred 
  to 
  another, 
  or 
  to 
  

   several 
  other 
  distinct 
  tribes. 
  Typographical 
  errors, 
  and 
  im- 
  

  

  