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undertaken and was completed in November, yielding an 
aggregate of 11,411 English words in the rendering. The 
other of the two native texts in Seneca, ‘“‘Doadanegen and 
Hotkwisdadegena,’’ which was recorded in the form of field 
notes by Mr. Hewitt in 1896, was next edited and copied; 
this work was completed by the close of December and 
consists of 4,888 native Seneca words. The literal inter- 
linear translation of this text then taken up was completed 
in February, 1914, making 14,664 Enelish words in the ren- 
dering. 
On finishing these translations Mr. Hewitt commenced the 
reading and digesting of the Seneca. material of the late 
Jeremiah Curtin for the purpose of providing notes and 
explanations to the stories, a task that was made the more 
difficult by the fact that Mr. Curtin’s field notes of explana- 
tion and identification are not available. One of the longest 
of the stories collected by Mr. Curtin, ‘“‘Doonogaes and 
Tsodiqgwadon,” comprising 149 typewritten pages, required 
144 notes varying in length from three or four lines to sev- 
eral pages; but this story is of exceptional length. The 
entire Curtin material has now been reread and annotated. 
Mr. Hewitt also completed the notes for his introduction to 
the ‘Seneca Myths and Fiction,” and the final writing was 
almost finished by the close of the year. 
As opportunity offered, Mr. Hewitt continued to work on 
a sketch of the Iroquois language, and he has now in hand 
about 75 pages of manuscript, in addition to a considerable 
body of notes and diagrams for incorporation into final form. 
Mr. Hewitt also made a week’s study of the voluminous 
manuscript “Dictionary of Words that have been Made 
Known in or Introduced into English from the Indians of 
North, Central, and South America,’”’ compiled by the late 
William R. Gerard, with a view of ascertaining its value 
for publication by the bureau. This examination was made 
difficult by the fact that the compiler of the dictionary had 
access to many works which were not available for Mr. 
Hewitt. 
Unfortunately the work summarized above was often 
interrupted, owing to the need of frequently calling on Mr, 
