INTRODUCTION, XXVII 
Exposition at New Orleans, 188485. The report includes a 
descriptive catalogue of the various exhibits. As these con- 
sisted largely of models, and as the locality or object repre- 
sented by each model was described in detail, the report was 
lengthy. It was finished in October and transmitted to the 
Commissioner representing the Department of the Interior. 
During the remainder of the year the portion of time which 
Mr. Cosmos Mindeleff was able to devote to office work was 
employed in assisting Mr. Victor Mindeleff in the preparation of 
a preliminary report on the architecture of Zuni and Tusayan. 
The portion assigned to him consists of an introductory chapter 
devoted to the traditionary history of Tusayan, arranged 
from material collected by Mr. A. M. Stephen, of Keam’s Canyon, 
Arizona. 
The modeling room has remained in charge of Mr. Cosmos 
Mindeleff. The preparation of a duplicate series of the models 
made in the last few years and now deposited in the National 
Museum was continued, a large portion of the time being given 
to that work. During the year the following models were 
added to this series: (1) model of Shumopavi, Tusayan, Arizona ; 
(2) model of Etowah mound, Georgia ; (3) models of Mashong- 
navi; (4) model of Zuni; (5) model of Pefasco Blanco; 
(6) models of Etruscan graves, being a series to illustrate 
ancient Etruscan graves, from material furnished by Mr. Thomas 
Wilson. 
Mr. E. W. Netson, during 1886, and continuously to the end 
of the fiscal year, has devoted much time to preparing a report 
upon the Eskimo of northern Alaska, for which his note books 
and large collections obtained in that region furnish ample 
material. During 1886 the vocabularies, taken from twelve 
Eskimo dialects for use in Arctic Alaska, were arranged in the 
form of an English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English dictionary. 
These dictionaries, with notes upon the alphabet and grammar, 
will form one part of his report. The other part will consist 
of chapters upon various phases of Eskimo life and customs in 
Alaska, and will be illustrated by photographs taken by him 
on the spot and by specimens collected during his extended 
journeys in that region. His notes upon Eskimo legends, fes- 
tivals, and other customs will form an important contribution. 
