ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XLV 
linguistic material is recorded in permanent and readily acces- 
sible form. Few students leave the records of their work in 
so satisfactory a condition; yet Mr Dorsey’s acquaintance with 
the multitudinous details of the Siouan and other languages, 
and his comprehensive grasp of their relations among each 
other and to language in general, can never be acquired by 
others, and consequently the material loses a part of its value. 
Among other papers there was found a memoir on ‘Siouan 
Sociology,” so nearly completed that it has been prepared for 
the press and incorporated in the Fifteenth Annual Report. 
Dr Albert S. Gatschet continued his researches concerning 
the Shawnee dialect and his comparative arrangement of the 
Algonquian languages, and satisfactory progress was made in 
both directions during the two months. In connection with 
the more general study, he also made substantial progress in 
classifying the data concerning the Peoria language. 
Mr J. N. B. Hewitt continued the transliteration into the Bu- 
reau alphabet of the linguistic material collected among the 
Tubari of Mexico by Dr Lumbholtz, with a view to publication 
by the Bureau as a bulletin. The transliteration of the vocabu- 
lary was brought nearly to completion; the English-Tubari 
part was finished, and nearly 500 entries in the Tubari-English 
portion have been made. 
Work in bibliography—Mr James C. Pilling continued the 
collection and arrangement of titles of works relating to 
the aboriginal languages of Mexico and contiguous portions of 
the United States. His visit to the Astor, Lenox, and Histor- 
ical Society libraries of New York yielded a considerable body 
of new material, and the carding of this material and the 
arrangement for printing were carried forward as rapidly as 
circumstances permitted. During March Mr Pilling’s work was 
in some measure interrupted by ill health. 
Collections—Mr McGee was occupied largely in administra- 
tive work, but continued the elaboration of material relating 
to the Papago and Seri Indians. Mr William Dinwiddie was 
employed chiefly in developing negatives and making prints 
therefrom, the photographs representing the work of the recent 
expedition to the Papago-Seri country. 
