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reference. There were several important additions to the 

 collection of manuscripts dm'ing the year, mainly through 

 purchase. Prominent among linguistic students who have 

 recently submitted the results of their labors to the Bureau 

 are Mr. Albert B. Reagan, who is making important investi- 

 gations among the Hoh and the Quileute Indians of Wash- 

 ington, and Mr. J. P. Dunn, an authority on the Algon- 

 quian languages of the Middle West. 



Owing to the number and bulk of the Bm-eau's manu- 

 scripts, it is not possible to place them all in the fireproof 

 vault, and about half the material is arranged in file cases, 

 convenient of access. These manuscripts may be classified 

 as: (1) dictionaries and vocabularies, (2) grammars, and 

 (3) texts. By far the greater number are vocabularies, of 

 varying length and completeness. Usually they give the 

 Indian name and English equivalent without recording the 

 derivation or current usage of the term given. Of greatest 

 value are the several dictionaries, among them a (^egiha 

 (Siouan) dictionary, prepared by the late Mr. J. Owen Dorsey, 

 containing about 26,000 words; the Peoria dictionary of 

 Dr. A. S. Gatschet; an Abnaki dictionary in three thick 

 folio volumes, prepared by the Rev. Eugene Vetromile, by 

 whom it was deposited with the Bureau; and a dictionary 

 in five volumes, of the Choctaw tongue, by the Rev. Cyrus 



Byington. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Division of Illustrations was, as heretofore, in charge 

 of Mr. De Lancey Gill, who was assisted by Mr. Hemy 

 Walther. Illustrations for Bulletins 37 and 38 were revised, 

 and a large niunber of edition prints for the publications 

 was examined. During the year 2,810 photographic prints 

 were made for use in illustrating publications,' for corre- 

 spondents, and for the cataloguing of negatives, which is now 

 well in hand. A large number of prints of Indian subjects 

 were acquu'ed by purchase and filed for reference and for 

 future use as illustrations. The photographic work included 

 the making of 366 negatives, 310 of these being portraits of 

 Indians of visiting delegations. The importance of the col- 

 lection of portraits thus being brought together is indicated 



