XXXVIII REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



Bureau. The work doue tor the year euduig June 30, 1891, 

 was as follows: 



Drawings of objects and ethnologic specimens and miscellaneous 



diagrams 422 



Ancient ruins, earthworks, and landscape drawings 133 



Maps . . 47 



Total , 602 



These drawings were prepared from field surveys and 

 sketches, from photographs, ^md from the collections brought 

 in by the members of the Bureau. 



The photographic work remains under the able manage- 

 ment of Mr. J. K. Hillers. Photographic negatives were 

 secured from sittings of Indians representing the following 

 tribes, viz, Sac and Fox, Seneca, Creek, and Cherokee. From 

 these negatives 129 prints were furnished. 



Administrative Work. — Until April 30, 1891, Mr. James C. 

 Pilling was chief clei'k of the Geological Survey and performed 

 similar functions for the Bureau of Ethnology; after Mr. 

 Filling's resignation from the Geological Survey took effect, 

 his successor, Mr. H. C. Rizer, beginning with May 1, con- 

 tinued to perform the duties of chief clerk of the Bureau of 

 Ethuolpgy. Mr. John D. McChesney, the chief disbursing 

 clerk of the Geological Survey, continued to make disburse- 

 ments and transact the fiscal business for the Bureau through- 

 out the year. The duties of these officers have been performed 

 in an- eminently satisfactory maimer, without compensation 

 from the Bureau. Mr. W. A. Croftut, editor of the Geological 

 Survey, has remained in charge of the editorial work of the 

 Bureau, an exacting service which he also has performed for 

 several years without compensation from the Bureau. In this 

 work he has been efficiently aided by Mr. George M. Wood. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The pubUcations issued during the year are : 

 (1) Contributions to North American Etlmology, Volume 

 II, Part I. The Klamath Indians of Southeastern Oregon, by 

 Albert Samuel Gatschet, a quarto volume of cvii+711 pages 



