LXXIV BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
At the beginning of the fiscal year Dr Gatschet was engaged 
in elaborating the large body of Shawnee linguistic material 
described in preceding reports. This work was continued until 
the end of September, and a large number of lexic and gram- 
matic elements were extracted and arranged on cards. In con- 
nection with this work Dr Gatschet prepared an ethnographic 
sketch of the Shawnee for incorporation in the cyclopedia of 
Indian tribes and carried forward his comparative tabulation of 
the phonetics, grammar, etymology, and syntaxis of all the 
Algonquian dialects. Special attention was given to this com- 
parative work throughout the remaining portion of the year. 
During June particular attention was given to the Peoria lin- 
euistics, which Dr Gatschet has continued to elaborate in con- 
nection with his comparative work on the Algonquian languages. 
The studies and comparisons of this material indicate that it 
is in condition for publication so far as the vocabulary is con- 
cerned, though further material will be required betorethe gram- 
mar can be perfected. There is now in the Bureau archives 
a large body of carefully selected material relating to the 
Algonquian languages, collected mainly through Dr Gatschet’s 
persevering industry. Considerable portions of the material 
are substantially ready for publication; but it seems desirable, 
before sending the matter to the press, to extend researches 
concerning certain of the dialects and to introduce the whole 
by a discussion of the modes of development and the means 
of dialectal differentiation. A part of the Director’s work dur- 
ing the year was contributed toward such an introduction and 
discussion. 
Mr J. N. B. Hewitt was occupied during a part of the year 
in transcribing in form for publication the Tubari vocabulary 
collected during the last fiseal year by Dr Carl Lumholtz, 
and in making comparative studies of this and other material 
obtained by Dr Lumholtz and other explorers and ethnologists 
in southwestern United States and Mexico. The task of pre- 
paring the Tubari material for publication proved to be great, 
but was nearly completed during the fiscal year. When ready 
for printing, the monograph will be a unique and invaluable 
record of a once numerous tribe, now nearly extinct. 
