6 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



In October Mr. Hewitt began the work of reclassifying 

 and recataloguing the Unguistic, historical, and other ethno- 

 logical manuscripts in the archives of the bureau. In this 

 work he was assisted by Miss Mae W. Tucker. The card 

 index consists of 2,924 items, with approximately 6,150 

 cross-reference cards. 



During the fiscal year Dr. John R. Swanton, ethnologist, 

 made final additions to his papers on the "Social Organiza- 

 tion and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confed- 

 eracj'-, " "Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the 

 Creek Indians," and "Aboriginal Culture of the Southeast." 

 These papers are now going through the press. He has also 

 finished the scientific editing of a paper on the "Trails of 

 the Southeast," by WilUam E. Myer, which, with those just 

 mentioned, is to appear in the Forty-second Annual Report. 



With the help of Miss Mae W. Tucker, stenographer, 

 Doctor Swanton made a considerable advance in compiling a 

 card catalogue of the words of the Timucua language pre- 

 viously extracted from missionary publications of the Spanish 

 fathers, Pareja and Movilla. 



Doctor Swanton also continued his investigations bearing 

 on the aboriginal trail system of North America. 



Dr. Truman Michelson, ethnologist, continued his 

 researches among the Algonquian Indians of Iowa, concen- 

 trating on the gens festivals of the Fox Indians, especially 

 those of the Thunder and Bear gentes. He also revised in 

 the field the list of Fox stems incorporated in the Fortieth 

 Annual Report of the bureau. In August he went to 

 Odanah, Wis., to gain further first-hand information on 

 the Ojibwa Indians, and enough material was secured to 

 show decided dialectic differences from the western Ojibwa 

 dialects. The social organization of the Ojibwa is relatively 

 simple as compared with that of the Foxes, and the various 

 gentes lack rituals peculiar to themselves, in sharp contrast 

 ■with Fox customs. At Baraga and L'Anse, Mich., Doctor 

 Michelson located one Stockbridge (Mahican) family in the 

 vicinity, but unfortunately none spoke their native language. 

 The Ojibwa dialect, though not identical with that spoken 

 at Odanah, is closel.y allied to it. He also made a pre- 



