XXII ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



the geographic and geologic illustrations made by him, se- 

 cured a large number of photographic views of all the Mold 

 villages and of Zuni, as well as of several ruins in the region 

 surrounding them, among which are character sketches of the 

 people, interiors of their houses, eagle pens, corrals, portraits 

 of men, women and children, many views of the people while 

 in the act of baking pottery, drying meat, dancing, etc. This 

 work will be continued. 



WORK OF MR. GATSCHET. 



In November of 1881, Mr. Albert S. Gatschet repaired to 

 South Carolina to investigate the Kataba Indians settled on 

 the river of the same name, in York County. The} 7 live in 

 the woods, eight miles south of a place called Rock Hill (rail- 

 road station), on a reservation of one square mile. The Ka- 

 taba Indians resident there number 85, and thirty to forty live 

 in the neighborhood, working for farmers, and a few also have 

 joined the Mountain Cherokees in Graham County, North Caro- 

 lina. The large majority of these Indians are mixed bloods, and 

 it is doubted whether there are more than seven full bloods left. 

 They seem to have forgotten much that pertains to their for- 

 mer customs, traditions, beliefs, and superstitions, and are igno- 

 rant of their history, which was one of the most creditable and 

 glorious. Mr. Gatschet gathered texts, sentences, and about 

 fifteen hundred terms of their vocalic language, which they 

 speak unmixed with foreign elements. Only about twenty Ka- 

 tabas still speak the language. 



The Chata, which he visited subsequently at New Orleans, 

 Louisiana, and on the north side of LakePontchartrain, are poor, 

 shy, and bashful; live off their vegetable products, which they 

 sell at the French market at New Orleans. They seem to have 

 been reduced to this condition by the raids made upon them 

 during the last war, by which their settlements north of Lake 

 Pontchartrain were broken up. As soon as it was perceived 

 that their dialect differed in grammar and pronunciation from 

 the one spoken by the Chata in the Indian Territory, Mr. Gat- 

 schet concluded to gather as many as possible of their words 

 and sentences (texts were not obtainable), although their utter- 



