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and otherwise unusual in form. The botanical appendix 

 will deal with the names and uses of from 500 to 700 plants 

 mentioned in the formulas, nearly all of which have already 

 been collected and botanically identified. There will also 

 be an extended chapter on Cherokee religion and mythology. 

 Approximately a third of the transliterations and trans- 

 lations have been written in final form from the interlinear 

 notebooks, and half of the work has been glossarized on cards. 



Considerable time was spent by Mr. Mooney in furnishing 

 special information for use in answering inquiries of corre- 

 spondents. 



Dr. John R. Swanton, ethnologist, in addition to super- 

 vising the final work incident to the publication, as Bulletin 

 45, of "Byington's Choctaw Dictionary," edited by himself 

 in conjunction with Mr. H. S. Halbert, devoted attention to 

 the study of the Creek Indians, to which reference is made 

 in former reports. The first draft of his memoir on the 

 Creeks is practically completed, but the amount of material 

 was found to be so great that it has seemed best to separate 

 it into two, if not three, sections. The first of these, em- 

 bracing a discussion of the location and classification of the 

 southern tribes, their early history, and their population, Dr. 

 Swanton is now revising, incorporating new material and 

 making such changes as fuller information has shown to be 

 necessary. It is hoped that this section may be ready for 

 publication at a comparatively early date. 



Through an Alibamu Indian living in Texas the bureau 

 has been able to add several hundred words and a few pages 

 of text to the Alibamu material gathered by Dr. Swanton. 



During the first three months of the year Mr. J. N. B. 

 Hewitt, ethnologist, completed the translating and editing 

 of a collection of texts and legends for the memoir on " Sen- 

 eca Myths and Fiction" to be published in the Thirty- 

 second Annual Report, consisting of material originally col- 

 lected in native texts and in English by the late Jeremiah 

 Curtin and Mr. Hewitt. This material, aggregating 2,300 

 pages, besides 350 notes and additions by Mr. Hewitt, was 

 submitted early in October for publication. Subsequently, 

 and as opportunity was afforded throughout the year, Mr. 



