INTRODUCTION. XXV 
ber. At that time he gave up office work and left for Arizona 
and New Mexico, intending to devote himself for a time to the 
examination of the ruins of that region with the view of ob- 
taining material of collateral interest in connection with his 
Zuni studies as well as in hope of restoring his impaired health. 
Mr. Cuarzes C. Royce, although no longer officially con- 
nected with the Bureau, devoted much time during the year 
to the completion of his work upon the former title of Indian 
tribes to lands within the United States and the methods by 
which their relinquishment had been procured. This work, de- 
layed by Mr. Royce’s resignation from the Bureau force, is 
reported by him as nearly completed. 
Mr. Wiuuiam H. Houmes has continued the archeologic work 
begun in preceding years, utilizing such portions of his time as 
were not absorbed in work pertaining to the U. 8. Geological 
Survey. A paper upon the antiquities of Chiriqui and one 
upon textile art in its relation to form and ornament, prepared 
for the Sixth Annual Report, were completed and proofs were 
read. During the year work was begun upon a review of 
the ceramic art of Mexico. <A special paper, with twenty 
illustrations, upon a remarkable group of spurious antiquities 
belonging to that country, was prepared and turned over to 
the Smithsonian Institution for publication. In addition, a 
preliminary study of the prehistoric textile fabrics of Peru 
was begun, and a short paper with numerous illustrations was 
written. As in former years, Mr. Holmes has superintended 
the preparation of drawings and engravings for the Bureau 
publications. The number of illustrations prepared during the 
year amounted to 650. 
He has also general charge of the miscellaneous archeologic 
and ethnologic collections of the Bureau, and reports that Prof. 
Cyrus Thomas, Mr. James Stevenson, and other officers and 
agents of the Bureau have obtained collections of articles from 
the mounds of the Mississippi Valley and from the ruins of the 
Pueblo country. A number of interesting articles have also 
been acquired by gift. Capt. J. G. Bourke, U. 8. Army, pre- 
sented a series of vases and other ceremonial objects obtained 
from cliff dwellings and caves in the Pueblo country; Mr. J. B. 
