ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 11 
English as nearly literal as can be made. Owing to the 
peculiar modes of expression used in the rituals by the 
Indians, such as metaphors, figures of speech, tropes, and 
archaic terms, it is impossible to give an absolutely literal 
translation. Furthermore, much of the language used in 
these rituals is in ceremonial style and not that in daily use 
among the people. 
On the completion of the manuscript of the first volume, 
Mr. La Flesche took up the task of preparing for publication 
the manuscript of the second volume. 
Mr. J. P. Harrington, ethnologist, spent the months of 
July, August, and September, 1919, on field duty in New 
Mexico in pursuance of his studies of the ethnology and 
linguistic relationship of the Southwest Indians. These 
studies resulted in a large amount of most carefully heard 
textual, grammatical, and lexical material from the Tano- 
Kiowan family of languages, the elaboration of more than 
750 pages of which was completed for publication before 
the close of the fiscal year. 
Important discoveries in connection with this work are 
that Zufian is definitely added to the Tano-Kiowan-Keresan- 
Shoshonean stock; and that the religious ceremonial words of 
Tanoan are largely borrowed from Zufian and Keresan. 
This last discovery has proved one of the most interesting 
features of the work, for, just as it can be shown that the 
watermelon and muskmelon, for example, are not native to 
the Tanoan Indians because designated by Spanish loan 
words or by mere descriptive terms, so it can be also demon- 
strated linguistically that the Tanoans have adopted many 
features of the Zufian and Keresan religion. Even such 
fundamental conceptions as Wenima, the abode of the dead, 
and Sipapu, the entrance to the other world, have been taken 
over by the Tanoans, e. g., as Tewa Wayima and Sip’o phe. 
At the close of September Mr. Harrington returned to 
Washington and was engaged during the remainder of the 
year in the elaboration of his material. Mr. Harrington also 
performed various office duties during this period. 
In August, 1919, Dr. Truman Michelson, ethnologist, 
renewed his researches among the Fox Indians, which con- 
