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Algonquian tribes, the need of a more definite linguistic 

 classification of which has long been felt. Doctor Michel- 

 son returned to Washington at the close of November and 

 immediately commenced the elaboration of his field notes, 

 one of the results of which is a manuscript bearing the title 

 "A Linguistic Classification of the Algonquian Tribes," 

 submitted for publication in the Twenty-eighth Annual Re- 

 port. Also in connection with his Algonquian work Doctor 

 Michelson devoted attention to the further revision of the 

 material pertaining to the Fox granunar, by the late Dr. 

 William Jones, the outline of which is incorporated in the 

 Handbook of American Indian Languages. During the 

 winter Doctor Michelson took advantage of the presence in 

 Washington of a deputation of Chippewa Indians from 

 White Earth, Minnesota, by enlisting their services in gain- 

 ing an insight into the social organization of that tribe and 

 also in adding to the bureau's accumulation of Chippewa 

 linguistic data. Toward the close of June, 1911, Doctor 

 Michelson proceeded to the Sauk and Fox Reservation 

 in Iowa for the purpose of continuing his study of that 

 Algonquian group. 



The months of July and August and half of September, 

 1910, were spent by Dr. Paul Radin, ethnologist, among the 

 Winnebago Indians of Nebraska and Wisconsin, his elf orts 

 being devoted to a continuation of his studies of the culture 

 of those people, with special reference to their ceremonial 

 and social organization and their general social customs. 

 Part of the time was devoted to a study of the Winnebago 

 material culture, but little progress was made in this direc- 

 tion, as few objects of aboriginal origin are now possessed 

 by these people, consequently the study must be completed 

 by examination of their objects preserved in museums and 

 private collections. A beginning in this direction was 

 made by Doctor Radin during the latter half of September 

 and in October at the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York City. During the remainder of the fiscal 

 year Doctor Radin was engaged in arranging the ethno- 

 logical material gathered by him during the several years 



