CHARACTERIZATION OF ACCOMPANYING PAPERS 



Subjects Treated 



Nine memoirs are ajjpended to this report. The first of 

 these is a comparative study of aboriginal mythology, illus- 

 trated by the myths of the Cherokee. The author, Mr Mooney, 

 has spent several years in researches among the Cherokee and 

 other tribes, and has amassed a large body of information con- 

 cerning their activities; and the accompanying- memoir is one 

 of a number in which the results are incorporated, two or three 

 of these being nearly ready for publication. The second 

 paper is a compilation of Tusayan migration traditions col- 

 lected and interpreted by Dr Fewkes; this, too, being one 

 of a number of productions by its author, others of which are 

 well advanced in preparation. To it the third paper, by Mr 

 ]\Iindeleflf, is complementary. This author spent several years 

 in researches in the Pueblo country, and his sketch of Tusayan 

 migrations, with special reference to the localization of clans 

 in the pueblos, represents one of the final products of his work. 

 The fourth paper, treating of mounds in northern Honduras, is 

 the conti-ibution of a valued correspondent. It deals with a 

 little-known region in wliicli tlie archteologic record is of 

 exceptional interest and such as t<) throw much light on the 

 attributes of the ancient aborigines of various North American 

 districts. Tlie fifth and seventh papers together represent the 

 results of long-continued researches in the Bureau, conducted 

 by Dr Thomas; the foi-mer relating to the llig]d^• interesting 

 calendar systems of ancient Yucatan, and the latter to the 

 numeral sy.stem of the ilexican and Central American tribes. 

 Both are based largely on codices and other inscriptions, as 

 well as on molded and scul})tured glyphs, wliicli iluring recent 

 years have been made accessible to students through numerous 



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