ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. XLI 



as the orrouudwork for future jjrainniars. The known records 

 of the Virginia or Powhatan languages were also made acces- 

 sible by carding the terms. 



During the fiscal year Mr J. N. B. Hewitt was a part of the 

 time engaged in careful study of the grammatic forms of the 

 Iroquoian languages, especially in ascertaining the number 

 and order in Avhich the affixes may be used with one and the 

 same stem or base He was also engaged in translating, 

 extracting, and transferring to cards from the "Dt'couvertes et 

 Etablissements des Fran(;ais dans I'Amerique septentriouale," 

 by Pierre Margry, matter relating to the manners, customs, 

 beliefs, rites, ceremonies, and history of the Iroquois. This 

 matter is now placed on about 20,000 cards. He continued 

 his work on the Tuskarora dictionary and directed attention to 

 developing the full number of ordinary sentences in which 

 every generic noun may be employed for the purpose of 

 establishing- a measure of the capacity of the vocabulary for 

 the expression of thought. 



Mr James C. Pilling continiied his bibliographic work 

 thrciughout the year, giving special attention to the Atha- 

 pascan family. Work on this family was begun early in the 

 fiscal year; on ()ctober 13 the manuscript was sent to the 

 printer, and at the close of the year all but a few pages of the 

 final proofs were read. The bibliography of the Athapascan 

 languages forms a bulletin of xiii + 125 pages. While this 

 volume was being put in type Mr Pilling began the collec- 

 tion of material for other bibliographies relating to the lan- 

 guages of the northwestern coast of America — the Chinookan, 

 Salishan, and Wakashan — and satisfactory progress has been 

 made. During the month of May, 1892, Mr Pilling made a 

 brief visit to libraries in Boston and Cambridge in connection 

 with the compilation of material relating to these northwestern 

 languages. 



Mr De Lancey W. Gill continued in charge of the work of 

 preparing and editing the illustrations for the publications of 

 the Bureau. 



