26 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



The archeological data collected by Mr. Judd during his 

 two brief expeditions to western Utah are sufficient to 

 warrant the extension of the northern limits of the area 

 known to have been, occupied by the ancient Pueblo people. 

 Further work, however, is urgent, since that already accom- 

 plished has not only contributed certain valuable facts to 

 Southwestern archeology, but it has shown also the proba- 

 bility of finding, in the unknown desert regions of that 

 section, a solution of some of the vital questions with which 

 American anthi-opology has labored for many years. 



By reason of the fact that Mr. James R. Murie has been 

 engaged by the American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York City, in connection with its ethnologic researches per- 

 taining to the Plains Indians, his work of recording the rites 

 and ceremonies of the Pawnee Tribe came to a close, and 

 tentative arrangements have been made whereby the Ameri- 

 can Museum will complete the investigation and the results 

 published by the biu'eau. Dr. Clark Wissler, curator of 

 anthropology of the American Museum, has undertaken 

 this task. 



Dr. A. L. Kroeber, of the University of California, con- 

 tinued the preparation of the Handbook of the Indians of 

 California for publication Ijy the bureau, and at this WTiting 

 it is believed that the manuscript, with the accompanying 

 maps and illustrations, will be submitted for publication 

 before the close of the calendar year. 



MANUSCRIPTS 



The large collection of manuscripts in possession of the 

 bureau was augmented by the following principal items, 

 which do not include manuscripts in process of preparation 

 by members of the bureau's staff for publication: 



Miami-French dictionary; photostat copy of the original 

 in the John Carter Brown Library at Providence, R. I. 



A number of notebooks from Dr. A. L. Kroeber, on Gros 

 Ventre and Cheyenne-Arapaho linguistics and texts. These 

 consist of: (a) Gros Ventre, 41-47, 49; (b) Arapaho and 

 Cheyenne, 1-14, 21-22, 24-28, and also a catalogue of this 



