12 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 
After the unfortunate death of Mr. Haeberlin, the work 
on the Salish material was transferred to Miss Helen H. 
Roberts, who, in the course of the year, completed the study 
of the basketry of the Salish Indians. A considerable 
amount of additional information, the need for which devel- 
oped during the work, was supplied by Mr. James Teit, who, 
at Doctor Boas’s request, and following detailed questions, 
reported on special aspects of the decorative art of the 
Thompson Indians. This work has been carried on with 
the continued fimancial support of Mr. Homer E. Sargent, 
whose interest in ethnological work in the Northwest has 
already furnished most important material. During the 
year the work on the map accompanying the discussion of 
the distribution of the Salish tribes was also completed. 
Work on the second part of the Handbook of American 
Indian Languages also progresses. The completed sketches 
of the Alsea language, by Dr. Leo J. Frachtenberg, and that 
of the Paiute, by Dr. Edward Sapir, were received by the 
end of the preceding fiscal year, and the editorial work on 
these sketches has nearly been completed. These two 
sketches and that of the Kutenai, which has partly been 
written, will complete the second volume of the Handbook. 
Dr. Walter Hough, curator of ethnology, was detailed to 
continue archeological work in the White Mountain Apache 
Reserve, Arizona, on ruins reconnoitered in 1918. Doctor 
Hough was aided in his field work by Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. 
Jacques, of Lakeside, by whom his work was much facili- 
tated. Field work was especially devoted to the ruins 
called by the Apaches Nustegge Toega, “Grasshopper 
Spring,” and clusters of sites in the near vicinity which 
form a very large group, indicating extensive intermingling 
of cultures. The main cluster stands in the open green 
valley and consists of two great heaps of stones covered with 
squaw bush, walnut, juniper, and pine, with occasional frag- 
ments of projecting walls, evidences of two large compact 
pueblos separated by Salt River draw. The west. village 
(four or five stories high) has a court near the south end, 
90 by 140 feet, connected with a small plaza, and covers 
more than an acre. The east village is more than half an 
