XLIV BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
Work in synonymy—During February and a part of March 
Mr F. W. Hodge was occupied largely in the distribution of 
publications and in editorial work on papers designed for 
future reports. Besides proof revision, he edited an impor- 
tant paper on the Coronado expedition to the tribes of New 
Mexico and the great plains in 1540-1542, by George Parker 
Winship. This document, comprising a large body of unpub- 
lished material, is rich in records pertaining to the early history 
of the southwestern Indian tribes and to their condition when 
first seen by white men. It is incorporated in the Fourteenth 
Annual Report. 
A considerable part of Mr Hodge’s energies were devoted 
to the continuation of the Synonymy or Cyclopedia of Indian 
tribes, and satisfactory progress was made in the work. Por- 
tions of the material collateral to the main subject have been 
brought together in the form of papers designed for publica- 
tion either in the reports of the Bureau or in more general 
scientific journals. 
Mr James Mooney remained in the field, engaged chiefly in 
arranging his material relating to the Kiowa calendar history 
for publication, and in collecting additional material required 
for the exhaustive presentation of the subject. 
Work in mythology—My Frank Hamilton Cushing continued 
his study of the “Zuni Creation Myths” with a view to the 
incorporation of important additional matter in his introdue- 
tion to a series of these myths now in press as part of the 
Thirteenth Annual Report. His researches concerning arrow 
games were resumed during March. 
Mrs Matilda C. Stevenson continued the preparation of her 
elaborate report on the Zuni Indians and their ceremonials. 
Progress was made in the preparation both of texts and illus- 
trations. 
Work in linguistics—Karly in the month of February the 
Bureau suffered an irreparable loss in the death of Reverend 
J.Owen Dorsey. On examining his official papers, it was found 
that his work relating to the Indian Cyclopedia (or Synonymy) 
was so arranged that the voluminous material is available for 
reference or publication. It was found also that nearly all his 
