THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



F, W. Hodge, Ethnologist-in-Charge 



The operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, were conducted 

 in accordance with the act of Congress approved March 

 3, 1915, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses 

 of the Government, which act contains the following item: 



American ethnology: For continuing etlmological researches among 

 the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the ex- 

 cavation and preservation of archisologic remains, under the cUrection 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees and 

 the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, $42,000. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist in charge, devoted most of 

 his energies, as usual, to administrative affairs. However, 

 in pursuance of a plan for cooperative archeological research 

 by the Bureau of American Ethnology and the Museum of 

 the American Indian (Heye Foundation) of New York, Mr. 

 Hodge early in July joined Mr. George G. Heye, of the 

 museum mentioned, in the excavation of the Nacoochee 

 mound in White County, northeastern Georgia, permission 

 to investigate which was accorded by the owner, Dr. L. G. 

 Hardman. 



The Nacoochee mound is an earthwork occupied by the 

 Cherokee Indians until early in the nineteenth century. 

 The name "Nacoochee," however, is not of Cherokee origin; 

 at least, it is not identifiable by the Cherokee as belonging 

 to their language, and by no means does the word signify 



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