10 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. -JS 



The translations were made, under the direction and at the expense 

 of Mr Bowditch, by Miss Sehiia Wesselhoeft, with the assistance of 

 Miss A, M. Parker. Supervision of the publication was entrusted to 

 Dr Cyrus Thomas, of the Bureau, whose familiarity with the arche- 

 ology and especially with the glyphic writing of middle America has 

 been of much value in the revision of the proofs, 



Dr Eduard Seler, author of a number of papers herein republished, 

 was engaged in exploration in Central America and Mexico while 

 his memoirs were being put in type, hence it was not possible to 

 submit the proofs to him at the time. Having returned recently to 

 Berlin, however, Doctor Seler, lias prepared brief notes and has made 

 necessary corrections and important additions. These appear at the 

 close of the volume. 



In 1886 the Director of the Bureau was authorized to begin the 

 publication of a series of bulletins in octavo form and in paper covers, 

 designed for the expeditious printing of minor papers relating to 

 American ethnology. Between 1886 and 1900 twenty-four bulletins 

 appeared, and in 11)00 provision was made for the publication of suc- 

 ceeding numbers in large octavo form, and uniform in binding with 

 the annual reports. Nos. 25, 26, and 27 were issued in this style. In 

 1903, in the interest of economy, Congress authorized the return to 

 the octavo form, in which the present number is issued. 



