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Requickening Address of Installation, were subjected to 

 this kind of study. 



Mr. Hewitt represented the Smithsonian Institution on 

 the United States Geographic Board. In addition to at- 

 tending the meetings, he spent about three clays in 

 researches for the executive committee. 



As custodian of manuscripts of the bureau, Mr. Hewitt 

 did some classincatory linguistic work on new items 

 acquired. 



Mr. Hewitt left Washington on May 6, 1929, to con- 

 tinue his studies among the Iroquoian tribes dwelling 

 in Canada and in the State of New York. His work con- 

 sisted chiefly in literal and free translation of formal 

 native diction embodying legislative, ritualistic, and fo- 

 rensic thought; and also in the coordination of divergent 

 traditional statements of traditionally hstorical events, in 

 eliminating the incongruous, and in conserving the congru- 

 ous. He secured 15 parcels of wampum strings, severally 

 bearing the name of one of the burdens of the ritual, the 

 Requickening Address of Installation. 



Dr. Francis La Flesche, ethnologist, during the last 

 fiscal year completed Wa-ska'-be A-thi", an Osage war 

 ceremony, composed of 270 pages of manuscript, with 

 diagrams and illustrations; also the Wa'wa-tho n , a cere- 

 mony pertaining to the peace pipes, composed of 129 pages 

 of manuscript, with illustrations. In this paper is a full 

 and detailed description of the discoidal pipes, ancient and 

 modern, found in the Eastern States, many of which may 

 be found in the various museums. 



With the assistance of Mrs. Grace D. Woodburn, he has 

 revised the work on the Osage Dictionary. There are 

 approximately 19,000 words of the Osage language in com- 

 mon use among the tribe, with English equivalent; about 

 17,000 English words with Osage transcriptions are given. 

 The words, with their meanings, can not be given posi- 

 tively, but a clear idea of usage has been given. About 35 

 illustrations have been completed for this work. 



