ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XXXVII 
Work in mythology—Mrs Matilda C. Stevenson continued the 
preparation of her report on Zuni myths, making satisfactory 
progress in the work. 
Mr Frank Hamilton Cushing was oceupied in completing a 
general introduction to the memoir on ‘Zuni Creation Myths,” 
now going into type as a part of the Thirteenth Annual Report. 
Tn this troduction Mr Cushing presents a summary history 
of the Zuni Indians, including an account of their country 
and their mode of life, a sketch of their pristine history as 
determined from researches, myths, ete, and an account and 
review of their relations to white men since the discovery. 
The body of the paper comprises a detailed account of the 
elaborate mythology of this people pertaining to creation and 
the cosmos. 
Work im linguistics—Dr Albert 5. Gatschet continued the 
preparation of his comparative Algonquian dictionary, at the 
same time carrying forward the Shawnee dictionary and gram- 
mar. In connection with the latter work, some data were 
accumulated for a historical and ethnographic sketch of the 
Shawnee Indians. 
Mr J. N. B. Hewitt devoted the greater portion of the month 
to transcribing Tarahumari material from the alphabet used 
by Dr Carl Lumholtz to that of the Bureau, in order to facili- 
tate reference and future publication. He also continued the 
study of the supposed relationship between the Maya and the 
Malay languages. In addition, some days were devoted to 
cataloguing the manuscript material in the vaults of the 
Bureau, of which a large part is linguistic. 
Work in bibliography—Mr James C. Pilling continued his 
researches relating to the literature of the American Indians, 
chiefly those of Mexico and Central America. He has now 
earried his bibliography of the languages of these countries 
into the letter P. During the month he has accumulated an 
exceptionally large number of new titles. 
Publication—During November the manuscript of the indexes 
to three of the bulletins of the Bureau (‘Chinook Texts,” 
“Siouan Tribes of the East,” and “Archeologic Investigations 
in James and Potomac Valleys”) was sent to the Public Printer, 
and the matter was subsequently returned to this office, the 
