20 KErORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



the wonderful ])irth of species, the path that threaded past time on 

 and lip to man — all these things were present to his thought and 

 colored his work, were always associated with what he did as a man of 

 science, and constituted his innermost point of view. 



He w^as a generous man, kind to others and helpful; a brave and 

 always a self-contained man who found in himself counsel sufficient 

 for his need. He was a stoic who suffered long 3"ears of pain in 

 silence, and who, at the end, met the approach of death as though it 

 were a familiar incident of life. We shall not often look upon his like. 



In the past year's work of the Bureau scientific researches among 

 Indian tribes in the fiekl, in documentary investigations, and in labo- 

 ratory and general office routine have been pursued with the usual 

 effectiveness. S3"stematic field woric has been successfully prosecuted 

 in many States and Territories and in San Domingo and Porto Kico. 

 Six members of the staff have spent periods of greater or less extent 

 in the field and have secured materials for embodiment in reports. 

 These researches have furnished data bearing more or less fully upon 

 numerous branches of the science of man, including tribal classifica- 

 tion and history, languages, religions, social systems, arts and indus- 

 tries, aesthetics, and welfare. 



A principal feature of the year's work has been the taking up, with 

 renewed vigor, of the preparation of the dictionary of Indian tribes, 

 which had been on hand for a number of years. The plan contem- 

 plates the pu])lication of two octavo volumes, Avhich shall embody in 

 compact form the great bod}" of information gathered during the past 

 years regarding the American race, its linguistic families, tribes, vil- 

 lages, individuals, and history, and make more evident the great utili- 

 ties of the Bureau's work. The first volume was practically ready for 

 the press at the close of the year, but to my regret the resolution pro- 

 viding for the issue of the work in octavo form did not reach a vote 

 during the session of Congress, and the manuscript was not transmit- 

 ted to the printer. 



The reading of proofs of reports in press, the preparation of illus- 

 trations for forthcoming volimies, and the photographing of visiting 

 Indians have gone on as usual. 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



The International Exchange Service of the Institution is the medium 

 for exchange of publications between the principal governments and 

 scientific institutions and libraries of the world. Every vear shows 

 an increase over the work accomplished during the previous year. 

 During the past year the total number of packages handled .showed an 



