APMINISTRATIVK REPORT XIX 



Dr A. S. Gatschet, ethnologist, continued his work on 

 certain unfinished linguistic studies which it was hoped could 

 be completed for publication before his failing health made 

 further progress impossil:)lc, l:)ut in Januarj- he was compelled 

 practically to relinquish his efforts, and on March 13 was 

 placed on furlough. 



Early m the year arrangements were made with the United 

 States National Museum to have Dr AleS HrdliCka, curator 

 of phj'sical anthropology in the Museum, visit Ai'izona and 

 New Mexico in l^ehalf of the Bureau for the purpose of mak- 

 ing physical, physiological, and medical observations among 

 the Apache and the Pima Indians. Leaving Washington 

 on Januar\' 20, Doctor Hrdlifka Ijegan his studies five days 

 later on the San Carlos Apache reservation, where he 

 remainefl until Februaiy 8, when he visited a group of 

 Apache residing near what is known as the Sawmill, in the 

 Black River region. From this point he returned to San 

 Carlos, and on Fel:)ruan' 13 reached the Rice Station Apache 

 school and district, situated farther northeast on the reser- 

 vation. On February 26 Doctor HrdliCka endeavored to 

 reach the White Mountain branch of the Apache, but was 

 prevented from doing so l\v exceptionally heaw rains. On 

 Alarch 1 he was al)le to proceed to Sacaton, Ai'iz., where 

 studies of the Pima tribe were made. From March 12 to 

 16 he was at Casa Blanca. On the latter date he returned 

 to Casa Grande, and thence proceeded to El Paso, Tex., 

 reaching the resen^ation of the Mescalero Apache in New 

 Mexico on the 19th. After remaining six days with the 

 Mescaleros, Doctor Hrdli(*ka began his return journey, reach- 

 ing Washington March 31. 



Doctor HrdliCka's researches were conducted with the 

 object of supplementing his former investigations among 

 the same tribes. As much attention as possible was devoted 

 to the children, from birth onward, the number examined 

 being nearly 1,000. Other important subjects to which 

 study was especially devoted were fecimdity, mortality, 

 native foods, hygiene, disease, and curative means and 

 methods. These studies were greatly facilitated by the 



