XII BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOCxY 



Institution and two of its bureaus — the National Museum 

 and the Bureau of American Ethnology — for which the 

 president extended the thanks of the congi-ess. The Chief 

 presented also a series of 66 photogi-aphs of American 

 Indians, representing delegations which visited Washington 

 during the winter of 1903-4, the series having been taken 

 conjointh^ by the Bureau of American Ethnology and the 

 National Museum. Various excursions were made to points 

 of interest, the principal being to Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 

 to visit the sites of Dr J. Nuesch's recent explorations of 

 the famous lake-dwelling stations at Schweizerbild and 

 Koenigsbau. 



After the adjournment of the congress the Chief proceeded 

 to Dresden, where, under the guidance of Dr A. B. Meyer, 

 director of the Royal Zoological and Anthropological Museum 

 of Saxony, the various museums of that city were examined. 

 After leaving Dresden, a number of cities in Germany, Hol- 

 land, and Belgium were visited with a view to museum study, 

 and on September 12 he returned to Paris, and on the 25th 

 sailed from Cherbourg, en route for New York. Between the 

 date of his arrival in Plymouth, August 1, and his departure 

 from Paris, September 25, the Chief of the Bureau visited 

 and made studies of about 50 museums. The observations 

 made are embodied in a separate report submitted to the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



RESEARCH WORK 



Shortly after his return from Europe, in September, the 

 Chief found it necessary to undertake the preparation of a 

 number of articles relating to aboriginal art and archeology 

 for the Handl^ook of American Indians. Among the subjects 

 treated at some length are antiquity, archeology, architec- 

 ture, art, bonework. Bureau of American Ethnology, catlin- 

 ite, cliff-dwellings, copper, engraving, graphic art, mines and 

 quarries, metal work, ornament, pottery, sculpture, shell 

 heaps, shellwork, and stonework. The only field work under- 

 taken by the Chief during the year was a brief visit to Cave- 

 town, Md., for the purpose of observing the exploration 



