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merit of the scope of the work to inchide not only descrip- 

 tions of the tribes and their settlements, but also poj^iilar 

 articles covering the whole range of ethnological and archeo- 

 logical research relating to them, greatly increased the 

 amount of investigation required, but the value of the 

 Handbook as a work of reference has been more than pro- 

 portionately increased. With the view of revising and uni- 

 fying the great number of articles designed for introduction 

 into the Handbook a committee of revision was organized, 

 consisting of members of the Bureau and all available resi- 

 dent anthropologists, fourteen in all, who met three times 

 each week to discuss the papers presented. The meetings of 

 this committee proved both interesting and profitable, and 

 suggested the advisability of holding similar meetings here- 

 after for the discussion of current researches of the Bureau. 



As a residt of the preparation of the papers for the Hand- 

 book, covering, as they do, the entire range of Indian ethnol- 

 ogy, the researches conducted m the office during the year 

 have been exceptionally comprehensive; every branch of 

 anthropology, including somatology, psychology, linguistics, 

 sociology, religion, technology, and esthetics, has received 

 such consideration as the comprehensive though necessarily 

 brief articles for the Handbook required. Besides the arti- 

 cles treating of these primaiy departments of research, man)- 

 others have been prepared, on the various phases of the 

 history, archeology, biography, and education of the Indians 

 and the administration of their affairs. With the exception 

 of the bibliography and index, which were retained for refer- 

 ence in proof reading, the manuscript for the Handbook, 

 accompanied with about 800 illustrations, was submitted to 

 the Secretary July 1. 



Under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution the 

 Chief visited Europe for the piu'pose of attending the Inter- 

 national Congress of Americanists, held at Stuttgart, Ger- 

 many, beginning August 18, 1904. In addition to repre- 

 senting the Smithsonian Institution, he served as delegate 

 of two other scientific organizations, and was also designated 

 by the Department of State as the official representative at 



