TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



W. H. Holmes, Chief 



INTRODUCTION 



Ethnologic researches have Ijeen conducted by the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology for the fiscal year ending Jinie 30, 

 1905, in accordance with the act of Congress making provi- 

 sion "for continning ethnological researches among the 

 American Indians, imder the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution," approved April 28, 1904. 



The work of the Bureau has been conducted in confoiTnity 

 with the plan of operations approved by the Secretaiy June 

 17, 1904. The systematic researches have been carried for- 

 ward by the eight members of the Bureau's scientific staff, 

 assisted by a large number of associates and collaborators 

 who have been called on to prepare papers on special sub- 

 jects or to conduct investigations for which their ciualifica- 

 tions especially fitted them. Diu'ing the year seven mem- 

 bers and associates of the Bureau have made researches in 

 the field, the regions visited including Maryland, \'irginia, 

 Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, 

 and Mexico. 



The amomit of field work has been somewhat ciu-tailed by 

 the necessity of detaining a number of the ethnologists in the 

 office to assist in the completion of the Handbook of American 

 Indians (hitherto refeiTed to as the Cyclopedia or Diction- 

 ary^ of Indian Tribes), which was designed to be submit- 

 ted to the Secretar}' at the close of the year. The enlarge- 



