ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XXI 



oxcavatioiis of the exposition company, the reports had been 

 fireatly exaggerated, the discoveries being meager and uni- 

 form in character with the reUcs of countless other sites in 

 the Chesapeake-Potomac region. 



HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



The work of Dr Franz Boas, honorary philologist, was con- 

 fined to the prej)aration of the Handbook of American Indian 

 Languages, which has been under way for several years. 

 The main part of the field work for the first part of the Hand- 

 ])ook was closed during the present year and some field work 

 designed to l)e emijodied in the second part was taken uj). 

 Doctor Boas also furnished the article on languages for the 

 Handbook of American Indians. 



In the course of the fiscal year" the following manuscripts 

 for the Handljook of American Indian Languages have Ijeen 

 submitted: 



1. Dr P. E. Goddard: (irammatical notes on the Hupa 

 (Athapascan stock). 



2. Dr A. L. Kroeber: Grammatical notes on the Yuki 

 (Yukian stock). 



3. Dr Roland B. Dixon: Grammatical notes on the Maidu 

 (Pujunan stock). 



4. Dr William Jones: Grammatical notes on the Sauk and 

 Fox (Algonquian stock). 



5. Dr John R. Swanton: (irammatical notes on the Dakota 

 ( wSiouan stock) . 



6. Dr John R. Swanton: Grammatical notes on the Haida 

 (Skittagetan stock). 



7. Dr John R. Swanton: Grammatical notes on the Tlingit 

 ( Koluschan stock) . 



8. Dr Franz Boas: Grammatical notes on the Kwakiutl 

 ( Wakashan stock) . 



9. Dr Franz Boas: Grammatical notes on the Chinook 

 (Chinookan stock). 



The following manuscripts are still outstanding: 

 \. Mr J. N. B. Hewitt: Grammatical notes on the Iro- 

 quois (Iroquoian stock). 



