ADMINISTRATIVE K?:i'ORT XXI 



of the Uuitecl States, devoting his attention chiefly to the 

 Middle Atlantic coast section. 



Each year, especially during the winter season, when 

 Congress is in session, numerous delegations of Indians 

 visit Washington. It has been customary to have photo- 

 graphs made of members of these delegations in the 

 Bureau laboratory, but heretofore the work has not been 

 systematized. As proposed in the plan of operations, 

 careful attention was given to this subject during the year. 

 Mr Andrew John, an Iroquois Indian, resident in Wash- 

 ington, was employed to interview and make the acquaint- 

 ance of all delegations on their arrival, with the view of 

 conducting them to the laboratories of the Bureau and 

 the National Museum, where arrangements were made to 

 have measurements and photographs taken, and plaster 

 masks also made of all who were willing to submit to the 

 process. In the absence of proper laboratories in the 

 Bureau for all except the photographic work, the delega- 

 tions were in the main conducted to the laboratories of 

 the National Museum, where every facility was afforded. 

 The results of the year's work have been most satisfac- 

 tory : One hundred and ten 8 by 10 negatives were made 

 by Mr Smillie and his assistants ; measurements of 32 

 individuals were taken by Dr Ales Hrdlicka in the phys- 

 ical laboratory; and masks of 20 individuals were made 

 by Mr William Palmer. The following is a list of the 

 principal delegations, with the number conducted to the 

 laboratories in each case: 



COLLECTIONS 



The collections of ethnological and archeological speci- 

 mens made during the year are exceptionally important. 

 A special effort was made to obtain material for the pur- 

 pose of illustrating the researches of the Bureau, at the 



