﻿OF 
  THE 
  BUREAU 
  OF 
  ETHNOLOGY. 
  XXXV 
  

  

  proved 
  spelling 
  on 
  assumed 
  phonetic 
  "rounds, 
  have 
  swelled 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  synonyms 
  until 
  the 
  investigator 
  of 
  a 
  special 
  tribe 
  

   often 
  finds 
  himself 
  in 
  a 
  maze 
  of 
  nomenclatural 
  perplexity. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  to 
  prepare 
  

   a 
  work 
  on 
  tribal 
  names, 
  which 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  should 
  

   refer 
  their 
  confusing 
  titles 
  to 
  a 
  correct 
  and 
  systematic 
  stand- 
  

   ard. 
  Delay 
  has 
  been 
  occasioned 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  fundamental 
  

   necessity 
  of 
  defining 
  linguistic 
  stocks 
  or 
  families 
  into 
  which 
  

   all 
  tribes 
  must 
  be 
  primarily 
  divided; 
  and 
  to 
  accomplish 
  this, 
  

   long 
  journeys 
  and 
  laborious 
  field 
  and 
  office 
  investigations 
  have 
  

   been 
  required 
  during 
  the 
  whole 
  time 
  since 
  the 
  establishment 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  Though 
  a 
  few 
  points 
  still 
  remained 
  in 
  an 
  unsat- 
  

   isfactory 
  condition, 
  it 
  was 
  considered 
  that 
  a 
  sufficient 
  degree 
  

   of 
  accuracy 
  had 
  been 
  attained 
  to 
  allow 
  of 
  the 
  publication 
  for 
  

   the 
  benefit 
  of 
  students 
  of 
  a 
  volume 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  subject. 
  

   The 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  volume 
  was 
  intrusted 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Henshaw, 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1885, 
  and 
  in 
  June 
  

   of 
  that 
  year 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  energetically 
  begun 
  in 
  accordance 
  

   with 
  the 
  plans 
  submitted. 
  The 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  

   which 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  underlies 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  foundation 
  for 
  

   every 
  field 
  of 
  ethnologic 
  investigation 
  among 
  Indians, 
  was 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  of 
  such 
  prime 
  importance 
  that 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  available 
  

   force 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  was 
  placed 
  upon 
  it, 
  to 
  the 
  suspension 
  of 
  

   the 
  particular 
  investigations 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  several 
  officers 
  had 
  

   been 
  engaged. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  work, 
  Mr. 
  

   Henshaw 
  gave 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  families 
  of 
  the 
  north- 
  

   west 
  coast 
  from 
  ( 
  (regou 
  northward, 
  including 
  the 
  Eskimo, 
  and 
  

   also 
  several 
  in 
  California, 
  To 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  S. 
  Gatschet 
  the 
  tribes 
  

   of 
  the 
  southeastern 
  United 
  States, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  

   and 
  Yuman 
  tribes, 
  were 
  assigned. 
  The 
  Algonkian 
  family 
  in 
  all 
  

   its 
  branches 
  — 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  whole, 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  great 
  bulk 
  of 
  literature 
  relating 
  to 
  it 
  is 
  concerned 
  — 
  

   was 
  intrusted 
  to 
  Col. 
  Grarrick 
  Mallery 
  and 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Mooney. 
  

   They 
  also 
  took 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquoian 
  family. 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  0. 
  

   Dorsey's 
  intimate 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Siouan 
  

   and 
  Caddoan 
  families 
  peculiarly 
  fitted 
  him 
  to 
  cope 
  with 
  that 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  he 
  also 
  undertook 
  the 
  Athapascan 
  tribes. 
  

  

  