LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF 
AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
(COMPILED BY FREDERICK WEBB HODGE) 
ANNUAL REPORTS 
First annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the secretary of 
the Smithsonian institution 1879/80 by J. W. Powell Director 
[vignette] Washington Government printing office 1581 
Roy. 8°. xxxv, 603 p., 346 fig, lmap. Out of print. 
Report of the Director. pp. XI-XXXIII. 
On the evolution of language, as exhibited in the specialization of grammatic 
processes, the differentiation of the parts of speech, and the integration of the 
sentence; from a study of Indian languages, by J. W. Powell. pp. 1-16. 
Sketch of the mythology of the North American Indians, by J. W. Powell. pp. 
17-56. 
Wyandot government: A short study of tribal society, by J. W. Powell. pp. 
57-69. 
On limitations to the use of some anthropologic data, by J. W. Powell. pp. 71-86. 
A further contribution to the study of the mortuary customs of the North Ameri- 
can Indians, by H. C. Yarrow, act. asst. surg., U. 8. A. pp. 87-203, figs. 1-47. 
Studies in Central American picture-writing, by Edward 8. Holden, professor of 
mathematics, U. 8. Naval Observatory. pp. 205-245, figs. 48-60. 
Cessions of land by Indian tribes to the United States: illustrated by those in 
the state of Indiana, by C. C. Royce. pp. 247-262 and map. 
Sign language among North American Indians compared with that among other 
peoples and deaf-mutes, by Garrick Mallery. pp. 263-552, figs. 61-346. 
Catalogue of linguistic manuscripts in the library of the Bureau of Ethnology, 
by James C. Pilling. pp. 553-577. 
Illustration of the method of recording Indian languages. From the manuscripts 
of Messrs. J. O. Dorsey, A. S. Gatschet, and 8. R. Riggs. pp. 579-589. 
Index. pp. 591-603. 
Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the secretary 
of the Smithsonian institution 1880-81 by J. W. Powell director 
[vignette] Washington Government printing office 1883 [1884] 
Roy.8°. XXXVII,477 p.,77 pl., figs. 1-35, 347-714,2 maps. Out of print 
Report of the Director. pp. XV—XXXVII. 
Zuni fetiches, by Frank Hamilton Cushing. pp. 3-45, pls. I-x1, figs. 1-3. 
Myths of the Iroquois, by Erminnie A. Smith. pp. 47-116, pls. x1i-xv. 
Aninal carvings from mounds of the Mississippi valley, by Henry W. Henshaw. 
pp. 117-166, figs. 4-35. 
Navajo silversmiths, by Dr Washington Matthews, U. 8. A. pp. 167-173, pls. 
XVI-XX. 
Art in shell of the ancient Americans, by William H. Holmes. pp. 179-305, pls. 
XXI-LXXVII. 
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