﻿ADMINISTRATIVE 
  REPORT 
  9 
  

  

  and 
  dictionary 
  of 
  the 
  Tunica 
  language 
  is 
  well 
  advanced, 
  while 
  

   a 
  dictionary 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  is 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  preparation. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  B. 
  Hewitt 
  was 
  engaged 
  almost 
  entirely 
  in 
  investi- 
  

   gating 
  and 
  reporting 
  on 
  etymologies 
  of 
  terms 
  and 
  names 
  and 
  

   in 
  elaborating 
  and 
  preparing 
  important 
  articles 
  for 
  the 
  Hand- 
  

   book 
  of 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  reading 
  proof 
  of 
  that 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  work 
  conjointly 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  collaborators 
  of 
  the 
  

   Office. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  Dr. 
  Cyrus 
  Thomas 
  was 
  engaged 
  almost 
  

   continuously 
  on 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  the 
  Indians, 
  assisting 
  in 
  

   final 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  manuscript 
  and 
  in 
  reading 
  proof. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  months 
  he 
  assisted 
  also 
  in 
  reading 
  

   and 
  correcting 
  proofs 
  of 
  Bulletin 
  28, 
  which 
  treats 
  of 
  Mexican 
  

   antiquities 
  — 
  a 
  work 
  for 
  which 
  his 
  extensive 
  researches 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  glyphic 
  writing 
  of 
  middle 
  America 
  especially 
  fitted 
  

   him. 
  

  

  The 
  manuscript 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  the 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  was 
  transmitted 
  to 
  the 
  Public 
  Printer 
  early 
  in 
  July. 
  

   In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  numerous 
  tribal 
  and 
  general 
  articles 
  

   were 
  prepared 
  by 
  specialists 
  not 
  connected 
  directly 
  with 
  the 
  

   Bureau, 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  advisable 
  to 
  submit 
  complete 
  galley 
  

   proofs 
  of 
  the 
  Handbook 
  to 
  each 
  as 
  received. 
  While 
  this 
  in- 
  

   volved 
  considerable 
  delay 
  in 
  the 
  proof 
  reading, 
  the 
  correc- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  suggestions 
  received 
  showed 
  the 
  wisdom 
  of 
  the 
  plan. 
  

   By 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  all 
  the 
  material 
  was 
  in 
  type 
  through 
  

   the 
  letter 
  "N," 
  and 
  of 
  this, 
  544 
  pages, 
  to 
  the 
  article 
  "Her- 
  

   aldry," 
  have 
  been 
  finally 
  printed. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  Languages, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Franz 
  Boas, 
  honorary 
  philologist 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  was 
  contin- 
  

   ued 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  several 
  sketches 
  of 
  American 
  lan- 
  

   guages 
  — 
  sixteen 
  in 
  number 
  — 
  which 
  are 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  

   this 
  work 
  are 
  now 
  practically 
  complete, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  Eskimo 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Field 
  work 
  was 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  Edward 
  Sapir 
  among 
  the 
  Yakima 
  

   of 
  Oregon 
  and 
  by 
  Frank 
  J. 
  Speck 
  among 
  the 
  Yuchi 
  in 
  Indian 
  

   Territory. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stewart 
  Culin, 
  curator 
  of 
  ethnology 
  in 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  

   Institute 
  of 
  Arts 
  and 
  Sciences, 
  whose 
  monograph 
  on 
  Indian 
  

   ( 
  lames 
  forms 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  Twenty-fourth 
  Annual 
  Report, 
  

  

  