-j^Q BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



civilization, claims to territory, and theii- interests generally, 

 for the practical purposes of government; and (2) the com- 

 pletion of a systematic and well-rounded record of the tribes 

 for historic and scientific purposes before theu- aboriginal 

 characteristics and culture are too greatly modified or are 



completely lost. 



During the year researches were carried on in .\i-izona, 

 New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, 

 and Ontario. Investigations in the field were more than' 

 usually limited on account of the necessity of retaining 

 nearly all of the ethnologic force in the office for the purpose 

 of completing the revision of theu- various articles for the 

 second part of the Handbook of American Indians and in 

 preparing additional articles on subjects overlooked in the 

 fii-st wi'iting or that are based on data recently collected. 



The Chief remained in the oflace during nearly the entire 

 year, dividing his time between administrative duties and 

 ethnologic investigations and writing. The completion of 

 numerous articles for the second part of the Handbook of 

 American Indians, the revision of reports and bulletins, and 

 the examination of various manuscripts submitted for publi- 

 cation, especially claimed his attention. Aside from these 

 occupations, his duties as honorary curator of tlie Di\'ision 

 of Prehistoric Archeology iu the National Museum, and as 

 ciu-ator of the National Gallery of Art, absorbed a portion 

 of his time. Dvu-ing the year much attention was given to 

 the collections of the Division of Prehistoric Ai-cheology in the 

 National Museum, especially to their classification with the 

 view of removal in the near future to the New National 

 Museum Building. In the same connection the Chief carried 

 forward the preparation of his Handbook on the Stone 

 Implements of Northern America. 



In October the Chief was called on to make an official 

 visit to the Jamestown Exposition for the pm-pose of exam- 

 ining the exhibits of the Institution and superintending 

 necessary repau-s. In April he was assigned the very pleas- 

 ant duty of visiting Detroit, Michigan, in company with the 

 Secretary, for the purpose of inspecting the great collection 

 of art works recently presented to the Smithsonian Institu- 



