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lished sources. Also through the liberaUty of Mr. Sargent 

 and in cooperation with Columbia University in the city of 

 New York, Dr. Haeberlin will be able to supplement his 

 material by an investigation of one of the tribes of Puget 

 Sound. 



The interest of Mr. Sargent has also made possible a de- 

 tailed study of the Salish basketrj- of the interior plateau and 

 the preparation of the illustrations for a memoir on this sub- 

 ject. For the latter purpose there have been utilized the 

 collections of the United States National Museum, the 

 American Museum of Natural History, the Uni^'ersity 

 Museum of Philadelphia, the Museum of the American 

 Indian (Heye Foundation), and the private collections of 

 Mr. Sargent and others. 



The preparation of a manuscript on the Ethnology of the 

 Kwakiutl Indians has been well advanced. The material 

 for the first volume, which is to contain data collected by 

 Mr. George Hunt, has been completed, excluding a number 

 of translations which remain to be elaborated. According 

 to the plan, the work is to consist of two parts, the first a 

 collection of data furnished by Mr. Hunt in answer to spe- 

 cific questions asked by Dr. Boas ; the second a discussion of 

 them, and other data collected on previous journeys to 

 British Columbia. This volume is to consist of an account 

 of the material culture, social organization, religion, and 

 kindred subjects. Most of the illustrations for this volume 

 have been completed, and about 1,600 pages of manuscript 

 have been prepared. Miss Downs has made detailed ex- 

 tracts from Kwakiutl mj'ths required for a discussion of 

 this subject. 



Miss Downs has also compared the proofs of Dr. Frachten- 

 berg's Siuslaw grammar with published texts, and these 

 proofs have been compared and passed on by Dr. Frachten- 

 berg. This work completes the revision of the Siuslaw 

 gi-ammar, the publication of which has been delayed owing 

 to various reasons. 



No progress has been made toward the final publication 

 of the Chukchee grammar, as it has been impossible to com- 

 municate with the author, Mr. W. Bogoras, who is in Russia. 



