ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XXIII 
Mr Dinwiddie spent a part of the month in the elaboration 
of notes on the soapstone quarry at Clifton, Virginia, and 
transferred to the Museum for temporary storage and further 
study, pending the final transfer, the most instructive part of 
the rich collection from that locality. 
Since the retirement of Professor Holmes, the work in 
eastern archeology has been conducted under the more imme- 
diate direction of the Ethnologist in Charge. 
Work in western archeology—Mr Cosmos Mindeletf continued 
throughout most of the month, and before its end brought to a 
close, his surveys in the pueblo country of New Mexico and 
Arizona. Mr Mindelefi’s researches have covered a large ter- 
ritory and will permit archeologic mapping of considerable 
value, even the negative results being of use as indicating the 
territory barren of aboriginal works, while the positive results 
comprise information relating to previously unknown localities 
of aboriginal activity. Substantial additions to knowledge of 
habits and customs will also flow from his surveys and 
researches. 
Work in synonymy—Mr F. W. Hodge continued his work on 
the tribal synonymy of the southwestern Indians as oppor- 
tunity offered. The greater part of his time, however, was 
devoted to editorial work, and another part to the administra- 
tion of the library. For several months the editorial work has 
been particularly large by reason of the fact that publication 
previously delayed is being brought up to date as rapidly as 
possible. The greater part of the editorial supervision, proof 
reading, etc, has been performed by the Ethnologist in Charge; 
but since the beginning of the present fiscal year a consider- 
able portion has been assigned to Mr Hodge and has been 
conducted by him in an eminently satisfactory manner. The 
rearrangement of the library is now practically completed and 
the work of bringing up the exchange list is also chiefly done, 
so that the administration of the library is largely reduced. 
Valuable accessions are constantly made to the Bureau library 
in the form of exchanges and through gifts. 
Mr James Mooney spent the month in the field in Oklahoma, 
collecting additional data relating chiefly to the Kiowa, but 
in part to the Comanche and Apache, with whom he has already 
