ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 15 



more evidence on the subject. More than 100 specimens 

 of fossil bones were added to the collection and some new 

 forms were represented, the most important of which were 

 fossil remains of a large extinct jaguar and teeth of an extinct 

 species of Termarctos, a genus of bear living now in South 

 America and having never been found before in North 

 America. Several Indian mounds were visited and ex- 

 amined, a survey was taken of the Grant mound, 14 miles 

 south of Melbourne, and a plot made of the general struc- 

 ture of the shell heap, burial mound, and connecting ridges. 

 Doctor Gidley also visited some mounds near Sarasota that 

 had been reported to the bureau, but found that they had 

 been dug into by curio hunters. He also examined the 

 region at Lake Thonotosassa, 14 miles northeast of Tampa. 

 Here he secured a few Indian artifacts that had been picked 

 up by Mr. Samuel Conant. Mr. Conant also guided Doctor 

 Gidley to an ancient workshop, which covers several acres and 

 seemed to be a favorable location for future investigation. 



Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropology in 

 the National Museum, was detailed to the bureau and sent to 

 Alaska in May for the puri)ose of studying the archeology of 

 Seward Island in the vicinity of Nome. As he did not reach 

 the site of his work until the close of the fiscal year, a consid- 

 eration of the results of his expedition is reserved until next 



year. 



EDITORIAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS 



The editing of the publications of the bureau was continued 

 through the year by Mr. Stanley Searles, editor, assisted 

 by Mrs. Frances S. Nichols, editorial assistant. The status 

 of the pubUcations is presented in the following summary. 



PUBLICATION ISSUED 



Fortieth Annual Report. — Accompanying papers: The Mythical Ori- 

 gin of the White Buffalo Dance of the Fox Indians; The Autobi- 

 ography of a Fox Indian Woman; Notes on Fox Mortuary Cus- 

 toms and Beliefs; Notes on the Fox Society Known as "Those 

 Wlio Worship the Little Spotted Buffalo;" The Traditional Origin 

 of the Fox Society Known as "The Singing Around Rite," by Tru- 

 man Michelson. 664 pp., 1 pi., 1 fig. 



