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varying length, buth in the office and among the tril)es. 

 Field operations were interfered with to some extent 

 during the early months of the year, the presence of the 

 various ethnologists being required in the office in con- 

 nection with the examination referred to above. 



During the year five members of the staff prosecuted 

 systematic researches in the field, and the sections of the 

 country visited by these and by si)ecial assistants include 

 Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, California, New Mex- 

 ico, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, and the West Indies. 

 Mr James Mooney was in the field eleven months, Mrs 

 M. C. Stevenson nearly six months, Dr J. Walter Fewkes 

 five months, Dr John R. Swanton six months, and Mr 

 H. H. St. Clair, 2d, four months — a total of thirty -two 

 months. 



The researches have dealt more or less directh" with a 

 large part of the anthropological field, and more especially 

 with the history and archeology of the precolumbian 

 tribes of the West Indies ; with the social, religious, and 

 esthetic activities of the tribes of the Great Plains ; with 

 the mythology, social institutions, ceremonies, and art of 

 the Pi;el)lo Indians ; with the languages, mythology, and 

 art of the Alaskan tribes, and with the languages of cer- 

 tain vanishing tribal remnants dwelling in northern Cali- 

 fornia. The collecting of ethnological and archeological 

 sx>ecimens and of data relating thereto, especially in the 

 field of symbolism as embodied in art, has received special 

 attention from the field workers. 



The scientific researches and work carried on in the 

 office were of excei>tional importance, particularly in 

 connection with the compilation of the Handbook of the 

 Indians, the preparation of a Handbook of American 

 Languages, the compilation of an archeological map of 

 the United States, the study of visiting delegations of 

 Indians, and the preparation of exhibits for the Loui- 

 siana Purchase Exposition. The editorial and library 

 work, the cataloguing of manuscripts, the preparation of 

 illustrations, and the generiil clei'ical work have been 

 carried forward in the usual manner. 



