40 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
The chief visited the ruin before excavation began and 
inspected the excavations after they had been completed. 
Mr. Gerard Fowke represented the bureau at the meeting 
of the Pan Pacific Congress in Honolulu and made a special 
study of the archeology of the Hawaiian Islands. He found 
that all the aboriginal remains on the islands are the work of 
the present Hawaiian race, indicating that when the earliest 
of these people came there the islands were without inhab- 
itants. No archeological evidences were found of any 
prehistoric population; and, so far as can be ascertained, 
excavations would not result in the discovery of any speci- 
mens essentially different from those that can be seen on the 
surface or may be found slightly covered by very recent 
natural accumulation. At the same time, as all the remains 
are well worthy of study and preservation, the islands furnish 
opportunity for further research. His report on the temples, 
terraces, and other remains has been received and awaits 
publication. 
Dr. Clark Wissler has given what time he could spare from 
his duties as chairman of the division of anthropology and 
psychology of the National Research Council to the comple- 
tion of a Pawnee manuscript, in which he has been aided by 
Mr. James R. Murie. The music necessary for this has 
been transcribed by Miss Helen H. Roberts, and Dr. John R. 
Swanton has also assisted in this work. 
During the fiscal year Mr. D. I. Bushnell, jr., completed a 
manuscript bearing the title: “Villages of the Algonquian, 
Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.”’ 
While engaged in the preparation of this manuscript he also 
secured many notes on the burial customs of the same tribes, 
and these, together with much additional material, are being 
used in the preparation of another manuscript, entitled 
“Burials of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes 
West of the Mississippi.” 
Miss Mary Lois Kissell has begun the preparation of the 
manuscript of a bulletin on weaving of the Northwest Coast 
Indians, which it is hoped will be later followed by others on 
other geographical areas. 
