».« ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 
The report now submitted consists of three principal divi- 
sions. ‘The first relates to the publications made during the 
fiscal year; the second, to the work prosecuted in the field; 
the third, to the office work, which chiefly consists of the prep- 
aration for publication of the results of field work, with the 
corrections and additions obtained from exhaustive researches 
into the literature of the subjects discussed and by correspond- 
ence relative to them. 
PUBLICATIONS. 
The publications actually issued and distributed during the 
year were as follows, all octavo: 
Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages, by James C. Pil- 
ling; pages i-vi+1-208. Facsimile reproductions, at pages 
44 and 56, of title pages of early publications relating to In- 
dian languages, and, at page 72, of the Cherokee alphabet. 
Textile Fabrics of Ancient Peru, by William H. Holmes; 
pages 1-17, Figs. 1-11. 
The Problem of the Ohio Mounds, by Cyrus Thomas; pages 
1-54, Figs. 1-8. 
FIELD WORK. 
The field work of the year is divided into (1) mound ex- 
plorations and (2) general field studies, the latter being directed 
chiefly to archeology, linguistics, and pictography. 
MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 
WORK OF MR. CYRUS THOMAS. 
The work of exploring the mounds of the eastern United 
States was, as in former years, under the superintendence of 
Mr. Cyrus Thomas. The efforts of the division were chiefly 
confined to the examination of material already collected and 
to the arrangement and preparation for publication of the data 
on hand. Field work received less attention, therefore, than 
in previous years, and was mainly directed to such investiga- 
tions as were necessary to elucidate doubtful points and to. 
the examination and surveys of important works which had” 
not before received adequate attention. 
