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year numbered 492. At the close of the year the library 
contained approximately 17,970 volumes, about 12,500 pam- 
phlets, and several thousand periodicals. Although main- 
tained primarily as a reference library for the bureau’s 
staff, it is constantly consulted by students not connected 
with the Smithsonian Institution and by officials of the 
executive departments and the Library of Congress. 
COLLECTIONS 
The following collections were made by members of the 
staff of the bureau during their field researches: 
By Mr. F. W. Hodge: Twenty-two paper squeezes of 
early and recent Spanish inscriptions on E] Morro, or 
Inscription Rock, in New Mexico. Objects of stone, 
bone, clay, etce., from the cemetery of the ancient ruined 
pueblo of Kwasteyukwa on the mesa above the Jemez Hot 
Springs, New Mexico. Ten barrels of pottery and human 
skeletal remains from the same locality. These collec- 
tions were made under a joint expedition conducted by 
the bureau and the School of American Archeology. 
By Dr. John R. Swanton: Two ball sticks, one ball, one 
breecheloth and belt, one tiger tail, from the Creek In- 
dians at Coweta, Oklahoma. 
By Mr. James Mooney: Four dance masks, two pairs 
of ball sticks, two toy baskets, two wooden spoons, one 
ox muzzle, one stone ax, one small celt, three arrow- 
heads, from the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. 
By Mr. Francis La Flesche: Two sacred packs of the 
Osage Indians. 
PROPERTY 
The most valuable part of the property of the bureau 
consists of its library, manuscripts (chiefly linguistic), 
and photographic negatives. The bureau possesses also 
cameras, phonographic machines, and other ordinary ap- 
paratus and equipment for field work; stationery and office 
supplies; necessary office furniture; typewriters, ete., and 
the undistributed stock of its publications. The amount 
