ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT LXI 



use of collaborators and correspondents of the Bureau, in a 

 small edition, a quarto volume of nearly twelve hundred pages, 

 entitled " Proof-sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of 

 the North American Indians, by James Constantine Pilling." 

 This volume I'epresented the results of Mr Pilling's bibliographic 

 work up to that date, and served as a basis for the classiticatiou 

 on the part of the Director of the North American tribes by 

 linguistic characters. The printing of this volume served to 

 deepen the interest of the bibliographer in his task, and within 

 a year or two the issue of a series of bibliographies relating to 

 various Indian stocks or families was begun. 



As time passed Mr Pilling developed an ailment that cul- 

 minated in his death, and his duties were varied, so far as the 

 legal conditions controlling governmental bureaus permitted, 

 in the hope of bringing relief; but despite every effort the mal- 

 ady increased. In 1892 he was relieved of his duties as chief 

 clerk of the Geological Survey and the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology, and was transferred to the latter Bureau and 

 employed solely in continuing the bibliographic work. For a 

 time he benefited by the transfer, and his duty was performed 

 with great energy and continued skill and success, so that by 

 the end of 1894 his bibliographies of the Eskimo, Siouan, 

 Iroquoian, Muskhogean, Algonquian, Athapascan, Chinookan, 

 Salishan, and Wakashan languages were completed and printed. 

 He was then engaged in the bibliographies of the Shahaptian 

 language and the Indian languages of Mexico, and this work 

 Avas carried forward during- the early months of 1895, even 

 after its author had become practically helpless through the 

 insidious and uncontrollable advance of a hopeless disease. 

 The work was not finished. 



The series of bibliographies prepared by Mr Pilling are a 

 monument to his memory and a model for students. In thor- 

 oughness and accuracy of work they afford a bright example 

 of Amei'ican scholarship. 



In personal character Mr Pilling was above reproach. No 

 man was more steadfast to his moral and intellectual convic- 

 tions, which were held with that charity for others which is 

 possible only to those who have strong and well-founded 



