OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XXV 



OFFICE WORK. 



Mr. Albert S. Gatschet was engaged during the early part 

 of the year in carrying through the press Part I of the Diction- 

 ary of the Klamath Language, in which he had before been 

 occupied. After this he was for several months at work in the 

 collection of new material for the synonymy of the Indian 

 tribes of North America. In this undertaking the tribes of the 

 Mexican States have not been included, with the exception of 

 those which serve to complete a linguistic stock, a large por- 

 tion of which is embraced within the territory of the United 

 States, e. g., the tribes of the Californian Peninsula and of por- 

 tions of the State of Sonora, Mexico (Yuman); the Apache 

 (Athabascan) and those which may be ascertained to belong 

 to the Coahuiltecan stock, probably extending into Texas. 

 The tribes of British America were included, because a great 

 portion of them extend into, or have representation in the ter- 

 ritory of the United States, e. g., the Eskimauan, Siouan, Ath- 

 abascan, Algonkian, Wakashan, Salishan, and Kitunahan. 



After his return from field work, Mr. Gatschet transliterated 

 the four hundred Cheroki words obtained by him on the Ka- 

 taba Reservation, and translated the Shetimasha material ob- 

 tained in French. He then resumed work upon the Klamath 

 Dictionary, Part II, one-half of which was completed at the 

 end of the year. When completed, his material will form Vol. 

 II of the series entitled Contributions to North American Eth- 

 nology. 



Rev. J. Owen Dorsey was engaged from July, 1881, to May, 

 1882, in preparing a manuscript of (fegiha Myths, Stories, and 

 Letters for the press, amounting to 544 quarto pages in type 

 and stereotyped, to form Vol. VI of the above series. 



He was also engaged in reading proof of the Rev. S. R. 

 Riggs's Dakota Dictionary, making corrections and inserting 

 cross-references and synonyms, to form Vol. VII of the series. 



He also examined the census schedules of the following 

 tribes : Omaha, Ponka, Osage, Kansas, Iowa, and Oto, revis- 

 ing the spelling as well as the translations of the Indian names. 



