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officials of tlie Indian Office, and met with little objection 

 on the part of the Indians. 



In addition to his dii'e(;t anthropologic investigations, 

 Doctor Hrdlicka succeeded in gathering specimens of about 

 150 medicinal and food plants and a number of ethnological 

 objects. He procured one Apache skull and five complete 

 Apache skeletons, and in addition to making observations of 

 value among the ancient ruins of the general region, obtained 

 many archeological specimens from hitherto imexplored 

 ruins in the San ("arlos valley. 



In April Mr E. L. Hewett, who was engaged during the 

 winter months in preparing for the Bureau an archeological 

 map of Colorado and New Mexico, was commissioned to ])ro- 

 ceed to New Mexico for the purpose of making extended 

 researches among the ancient ruins of the so-called Pajarito 

 Plateau district. His first work was the investigation of 

 numerous deserted and ruined pueblos of the Tewa tribes. 

 This was followed by excavations of ancient mounds in Otowi 

 canyon, which yielded results of exceptional interest. Upward 

 of 175 burials were uncovered, and the osseous remains of more 

 than 100 individuals were collected and forwarded for study in 

 the National Museum. The art remains comprise numerous 

 entire earthenware vessels and many fragments, with a fair 

 complement of implements of bone and stone. Mr Hewett 

 was fortunate in reaching this arid spot in an exceptionally 

 wet season, as he found water always within easy reach. 

 At the close of the year he had completed his studies within 

 the bovmdaries of Pajarito plateau and was preparing to ex- 

 plore the plateaus and mountains to the west and the Jemez 

 valley beyond. 



In June a report reaching the Bureau that important finds 

 of i^rehistoric remains of man and art had Ijeen made on the 

 .site of the forthcoming Jamestown Exposition, near Norfolk, 

 Va., Mr J. D. McGuire was commissioned to visit the locality 

 and report on the character of the discoveries made. Mr 

 McGuire si:)ent one day on the exposition grounds collecting 

 such information as was available, and later reported that 

 although traces of human remains had l)een exposed in the 



