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prise 14 accessions, the most noteworthy being collections 

 of stone relics from the Potomac Valley, by G. Wylie Gill 

 and W. H. Holmes, respectively; a collection of ethnologic 

 material obtained from the Tahltan Indians of British 

 Columbia, by Lieut. G. T. Emmons, United States Navy; 

 a collection of stone implements from Washington State, by 

 C. W. Wiegel; and relics and human bones from ancient 

 .burial places in Missouri, by Gerard Fowke. 



PUBLICATIONS 



During the year 'Sir. F. W. Hodge continued his labors as 

 editor of the Handbook of American Indians, to which pub- 

 lication reference has ah'eady been made. The general edi- 

 torial work of the Bureau was in charge of Mr. J. G. Gurley, 

 editor. 



The edition of the Twenty-fifth Annual Report, contain- 

 ing papers by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes on his explorations in 

 the West Indies and in Mexico, was received from the Pul^lic 

 Printer in September; Bulletin 30, the "Handbook of 

 American Indians," Part 1, in March; Bulletin 33, "Skeletal 

 Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early ]\Ian in North 

 America," in November; and Bulletin 35, " Antiquities of the 

 Upper Gila and Salt River Valleys in Ai'izona and New 

 ]\Iexico," in February. The Twenty-sixth Annual Report 

 was in the bindery at the close of the year. At that time 

 Bulletin 34, " Physiological and Medical Observations among 

 the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern 

 Mexico," by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, was for the main part in 

 stereotype form, while Bulletin 38, "Un-na-itten Literature 

 of Hawaii," by Dr. Nathaniel B. Emerson, the manuscript 

 of which was transmitted to the Public Printer early in the 

 year, was largely in pages. The manuscript of Bulletin 39, 

 "Tlingit ]\Iyths and Texts," by Dr. John R. Swanton, and of 

 a section of Bulletin 40, "Handbook of American Indian 

 Languages," Part 1, was also transmitted to the Public 

 Printer. 



In addition to the work required in connection with the 

 foregoing publications, Mr. Gurley devoted a portion of his 



