OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. XXIX 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow continued his work of compilation upon 

 the Mortuary Customs and the Medical Practices of the North 

 American Indians, conducting a large amount of correspond- 

 ence upon these subjects. 



Mr. F. H. Cushing, while in Washington, commenced a paper 

 on the Sociologic and Governmental Institutions of the Zunis, 

 to complete which it became necessary for him to revisit that 

 people. 



Prof. Otis T. Mason was engaged during the entire year in 

 collecting material for the purpose of compiling a History of 

 Education among the North American Indians. 



The Director has continued the connected and tedious work 

 before explained; first, of classifying on a linguistic basis all 

 the tribes, remaining and extinct, of North America. Second, of 

 establishing their synonymy, or the reference of their many 

 and confusing titles as given in literature and common usage 

 to a correct and systematic standard of nomenclature. Third, 

 the ascertainment and display on a series of charts, of the hab- 

 itat of all tribes when first met by Europeans, and at subse- 

 quent periods. Much progress has been made in this work 

 recognized as essential to the proper study of Indian anthro- 

 pology. 



PAPERS ACCOMPANYING THIS REPORT. 



The plan heretofore explained by which the several branches 

 of North American Ethnology are systematically presented in 

 Annual Reports is continued in operation. The progress of 

 investigation is shown in them so far as the intervening time 

 and the amount appropriated by Congress allowed. The 

 papers in the present volume embrace researches in the fields 

 of Philosophy, Sociology, and Technology, as is indicated in the 

 following brief references to them severally in the order fol- 

 lowed in the volume. The extensive linguistic studies prose- 

 cuted, report of which has been made above, will generally 

 require publication in separate volumes. 



