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Yakonan, and Takilman linguistic stocks. He resumed _ his 
preparation of the dictionary cards for contributions to North 
American Ethnology, Vol. v1, Part 1, and in connection there- 
with found it necessary to elaborate his additional (@egiha 
texts, consisting of more than two hundred and fifty epistles, 
besides ten or more myths gained since 1880. This work was 
interrupted in March, 1887,when he was obliged to undertake the 
arrangement of a new collection of Teton texts for publication. 
Mr. George Bushotter, a Dakota Indian, who speaks the Teton 
dialect, was employed by the Director from March 23, for the 
purpose of recording for future use of the Bureau some of the 
Teton myths and legends in the original. One hundred of 
these texts were thus written, and it devolved on Mr. Dorsey 
to prepare the interlinear translations of the texts, critical and 
explanatory notes, and other necessary linguistic material, as 
dictated by Mr. Bushotter. Besides writing the texts in the 
Teton dialects, Mr. Bushotter has been able to furnish numer- 
ous sketches as illustrations, all of which have been drawn and 
colored according to Indian ideas. His collection of sketches 
is the most extensive that has been gained from among the 
tribes of the Siouan family, and it is the first one contributed 
by an Indian. 
Dr. Wauter J. Horrman and Mr. Jeremian Curtriy, when 
not in the field as above mentioned, have continued to assist 
in the work of the synonymy of the Indian tribes. 
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. 
The papers contained in the present volume relate to the 
Pueblo and Navajo Indians, who occupy a large territory in 
the interior southwestern parts of the United States. The pre- 
historic archeology of the Pueblos in the special department 
of architecture is the most prominent single subject presented 
and discussed, but the papers also include studies of the his- 
tory, mythology, and sociology of that people, as well as of 
their neighbors and eee ‘ry enemies the Navajo. All of 
these correlated studies are set forth with detail and illustra- 
tion, 
