ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT O 



Before commencing the archeological work, the chief, as- 

 sisted by Mr. John P. Harrington, ethnologist, cooperated 

 with Mr. J. 0. Prescott, of the Starr Piano Co., Richmond, 

 Ind., in the recording of some Hopi songs. Through the 

 kindness of the Office of Indian Affairs, four of the older Hopi 

 were brought from Walpi to the Grand Canyon, where 11 

 katcina songs M'ere recorded. It was particularly fitting 

 that the records were made at the Grand Canyon, as it holds 

 such a prominent position in Hopi mythology. 



The chief was also assisted in the archeological work by 

 Mr. Harrington and by Mr. Anthony W. Wilding, stenog- 

 rapher. Their assistance was invaluable and did much to 

 make the field work a success. 



During the past year the bureau has had in the field a 

 larger number of investigators than in any previous year 

 during the last decade. Field work has been done in var- 

 ious parts of our country, from Alaska to Florida, and while 

 the line of research has in some instances been more or less 

 limited in its nature, the total results have brought into the 

 office much new data regarding the Indian life and a larger 

 number of specimens illustrative of it than has resulted 

 from field work in comparatively recent years. 



It is recognized by the chief that the time that can be 

 devoted to rescuing data regarding the life and habits of 

 the American Indians is more or less restricted — that is, 

 Indian culture is rapidly fading away and is doomed in a 

 short time to utter extinction. While this is true of ethno- 

 logical data it is not necessarily true' of archeological material. 

 In fact, the antiquities of our country belonging to the past 

 of the Indian are yearly attracting more and more attention, 

 and in order to keep pace with this interest the bureau has 

 taken up in its field work a considerable proportion of 

 archeological problems. 



At the beginning of the fiscal year Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, 

 ethnologist, took up anew the work of transliterating, 

 amending, and translating the Chippewa text of The Myth 

 of the Daymaker, by Mr. George Gabaoosa, and also that 

 of an Ottawa version of a portion of the Nanabozho cycle 

 of myths by John L. Miscogeon. 



