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form as family monographs, under the designation ‘Cyclopedia 
of the American Indians.” 
During the month Mr Hodge has continued the arrangement 
of material for the Cyclopedia, giving his energies chiefly to 
southwestern families; and satisfactory progress has been made. 
Meantime he was oceupied in part in editorial work on the 
Thirteenth Annual Report. At the same time he continued 
oversight of the work in the library, including the distribution 
of documents. 
Work in mythology—Myr Frank Hamilton Cushing continued 
the revision of proofs for his ‘Zuni Creation Myths” during 
the month. Toward the end of the month his office work was 
interrupted by illness, and under the advice of a physician he is 
spending a vacation in Florida. His journey thither brought 
him in contact with the Seminole Indians, and among them he 
is collecting material and. information of high ethnic value. 
Mrs Matilda C. Stevenson continued the preparation of 
her report on the Zuni Indians. This elaborate memoir is 
approaching completion. 
Work in dinguistics—Dr Albert 5S. Gatschet has continued 
the collection and arrangement of lexic and grammatic material 
pertaining to the Algonquian family. A part of the month was 
spent in comparative study of this material and of the work 
by Trumbull and Miiller on the Algonquian verb. 
Mr J. N. B. Hewitt continued the transliteration and com- 
parison of the Tubari language collected by Dr Carl Lumholtz. 
The task of preparing this material for publication is great, but 
is now nearly completed; when ready for printing, the mono- 
graph will be a unique and invaluable record of a once numer- 
OuUS tribe NOW nearly extinet 
Work on the Menomini Indians—Dr Walter J. Hoffman has 
at different times while connected with the Bureau visited the 
Menomini and other Indian tribes of northern Wisconsin and 
western Michigan and thereby amassed a considerable body 
of information relating to these Indians. An important part of 
this material, during the last fiscal year, when Dr Hoffman 
was in full connection with the Bureau, was incorporated in a 
monograph on the Menomini. At present Dr Hoffman has an 
