XXVIII INTRODUCTION. 
Mr. Lucren M. Turner is also engaged in the preparation 
of a similar report upon the Eskimo, in the form of a descrip- 
tive catalogue of the large amount of material collected by him 
during a residence of several years at St. Michaels and in 
the Aleutian Islands. When these two reports shall be com- 
pleted the amount of accurate information concerning the 
remarkable people to whom they relate will be materially 
increased. : 
Mr. Hexry W. Hensuaw has continued in charge of the work 
upon the synonymy of the Indian tribes of the United States, 
which was alluded to in some detail in the annual report of 
last year. This work has been temporarily suspended, and Mr. 
Henshaw has assisted the Director in the preparation of a lin- 
guistic map of the region north of Mexico and in the classifi- 
cation of the Indian tribes, a work which properly precedes and 
forms the basis of the volume on synonymy. 
Col. Garrick MaALiery was steadily occupied during the 
year in the work of the synonymy of the Indian tribes, his 
special field being the Iroquoian and Algonquian linguistic 
stocks, and his particular responsibility being the careful study 
of all the literature on the subject in the French language. 
He also, when time allowed, continued researches in and cor- 
respondence concerning sign language and pictographs. 
Mr. James Mooney has been occupied during the entire year, 
in conjunction with Col. Mallery, in that portion of the work 
of the Indian synonymy relating to the Algonquian and Iro- 
quoian families. 
Mr. Jonny N. B. Hewirr has continued the linguistic work 
left unfinished by Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith. During the year 
he has been engaged in recording, translating, and tracing the 
derivation of Tuscarora words for a Tuscarora-English dic- 
tionary. He has thus far recorded about 8,000 words. 
Mr. Ausert 8. Garscuer has devoted almost the entire year 
to the synonymy of Indian tribes, and has practically completed 
the section assigned to him, viz, the tribes of the southeastern 
United States. 
Mr. J. Ownn Dorsry continued his labors on the Indian 
synonymy cards of the Siouan, Caddoan, Athapascan, Kusan, 
