ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. XXXVII 



Mexico, diiriiifj the jjrecediug .spring aud summer, which is 

 pubHshed in the Eleventh Annual Report of this series. 



Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff during the first five months of the 

 fiscal year was occupied on the card catalogue of ruins 

 refeiTed to in the last annual report and in the compilation and 

 preparation of maps showing the distribution of ruins in the 

 southwestern part of the Uuite'd States. This work was tem- 

 porarily discontinued late in November, when he was ordered 

 into the field as set forth in preceding paragraphs. 



lie also has remained in charge of the" modeling room. 

 Its force during the year was devoted exchxsively to the "dupli- 

 cate series," reference to which has been made. in previous 

 reports, and no new work was undertaken. Five models wex'e 

 added to the series, ranging in size from 16 square feet to 250 

 square feet, and comprising the following subjects: Mummy 

 cave cliffy ruin, Arizona; Pueblo of Walpi, Arizona; Pueblo 

 of Sechumovi, Arizona; Ruin of Penasco Blanco, New Mexico; 

 and Pit of Nelson mound. This series is nearing completion, 

 and the Bureau now has material sufficient to form tlie nu- 

 cleus of an exhibit, such as it is often called upon to make, 

 without disturbing its series of original models now deposited 

 in the National Museum. It has also a small number of mod- 

 els which can be drawn upon to supply the demand for such 

 material for the purpose of exchange with colleges and other 

 educational aud scientific institutions. 



Mr. Jeremiah Curtin was occupied with office work exclu- 

 sively during the year. From July 1, 1890, until Febitiary 

 1, 1891, he aiTanged and copied vocabularies which he had 

 previously collected in California, namely: Hupa, Ehnikan, 

 Weitspekan, Wintu, Yana, and Palaihnihan. He devoted the 

 later months of the year to classifying and copying a large 

 number of myths which he had collected among the Hupa, 

 Ehnikan, and Wintu Indians. These myths are for the greater 

 part connected with medicine, though some are creation myths 

 and myths relating to religion and the origin of various tribal 

 customs and usages. 



Mr. De Lancy W. Gill continued in charge of the work of 

 preparing and editing the illustrations for publications of the 



