ADMINISTRATIVE HKl'oUT XXXV 



volume of the material both in hand an.l ivfjnircd. At the 

 time of its discovery there were in Nortli Anu-rica s..nu.thin;r 

 between one and two thousand tril);d diah-cts (.r lan;rn.,jr«.s 

 belonging to about a liundred linouistic stocks <»r famihosrso 

 that the scope of the work is so broad tliat it may not h». 

 accomphshed except by the cooperation <.f uianv specialists 

 devoted to particular groups of languages. Under sncli con- 

 ditions it seems inexpedient for the Bnrcjiu alone to attempt 

 to cover the ground, and the plan of the work intrusted to 

 Dr Boas is to enlist the cooperation of other institiitions and 

 linguistic specialists. During the fiscal \ear the work was 

 organized in cooperation with the Anieri«-an Musenin of 

 Natural History, Columbia Universit\-, Harvard I'niver- 

 sity, and the University of California. The collalHtrators 

 include Dr John R Swantou, of the liureaii: Mr II 11. St. 

 Clair, 2d, of the American Museum: Mr William .lones, rop- 

 resenting- Columbia University; Dr Roland H. Dixon, of liar- 

 vard, and Dr A. L. Kroeber, acthig under the ausjiices ot" the 

 University of California. Dr Swanton's work coinjirised the 

 transcription of a voluminous series of Haida texts: he also 

 completed a synopsis of the Haida language foi- incorjioration 

 in the general series. Mr St. Clair devoted a part of the year 

 to work on a dictionary and grammar of the Chinook language, 

 and in addition made a critical study of Shoshoni linguistic 

 material in the archives of the Bureau and of the American 

 Museum. Mr Jones made good progress in analyzing the 

 grammar of the Sauk and Fox dialects, nearly comjileting a 

 list of suffixes and prefixes; also in arranging for j.ul.li«-ati..n 

 a series of Fox texts collected during the i.rece<ling tiscal 

 year. Dr Dixon prepared a grannnar and vocabulary ot the 

 Maidu language; while Dr Kroeber collected and arrange! 

 both lexic and grannnatic material representing several (»ther 

 California tribes. Inspired liy the hearty ap])roval of s.-ientiHc 

 men at home and abroad, Dr lioas and his ,..»llaboraiors have 

 taken up the work with zeal. Dr Hoas ..h.serves: " I.u.guistir 

 work in many parts of NcM-th America is excvcdn.gly urgeul 

 on account of the rapid disappearance of tlu' native huvL-uages, 

 and the means at our disposal for this work are u.sulhcient. 



