Appendix II. 

 REPOET OF THE BTTREAU ()F AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Sir: I have the honor to fjubmit the following report on the operations < f the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology for the fiscal j'ear ending June 30, 1903, conducted 

 in accordance with the act of Congress making provision for continuing researches 

 relating to the American Indians under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 The work has been carried out, in the main, in accordance with the plan of ojiera- 

 tions submitted by Director Powell on May 20, 1902, and approved by the Secretary 

 May 23, 1902. 



The death of Maj. J. AV. Powell, Director of the Bureau, occurred at Haven, Me., 

 September 23, 1902. This event profoundly affects the interests of the Bureau, and 

 closes an epoch of exceptional importance in the history of the science of man. The 

 wisdom of the foundation laid by Director Powell is everywhere recognized, and the 

 impetus given to anthropological studies by his work must continue to be felt long 

 after the present initial stage of the science has ripened into the full knowledge which 

 shall regulate and direct the future development of the human race. 



During the somewhat prolonged j:)eriod of Director Powell's illness the adminis- 

 trative work of the Bureau devolved uj^on ]Mr. W J McGee, ethnologist in charge, 

 who was Acting Director at the time of Major Powell's death. On October 11, 1902, 

 Mr. W. H. Holmes, head curator in the Department of Anthropology, United States 

 National Museum, was appointed Chief of the Bureau and assumed charge of the 

 office October 13. 



The research work of the Bureau has Ijeen carried on by a permanent force of 9 

 scientific employees, while a number of temporary assistants have been engaged for 

 brief periods in the office and among the western tribes. During the year 5 members 

 of the staff have sj^ent a portion of their time in the field. The regions visited include 

 Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, ]\Iinnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Okla- 

 homa, Indian Territory, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, California, Porto 

 Rico, and Santo Domingo. 



The researches have been of exceptional importance and have dealt with numerous 

 branches of primitive culture and history, practical questions having been kept as 

 much as ijossible in view. The completion of reports on field exploration and the 

 preparation of papers dealing with special prol)lems have claimed much attention, and 

 every effort has been made to bring up to date and submit for publication researches 

 that have been maturing during the previous years. The preparation of data for a 

 dictionary of the Indian tribes has been a principal feature of the year's work, claim- 

 ing the attention of all available members of the Bureau staff and emi^loying the 

 services of a number of special students. Detailed reference t(j this work is made 

 farther on in this report. 



The range of the scientific work has been Avide but has not extended, save inci- 

 dentally, to all departments of Anthroi)ology. Philology, sociology, sophiology, 

 technology, and pesthetics have received attention by those conducting investiga- 

 tions among the tribes in the field and by those engaged in office researches, but 

 somatology and psychology have received no systematic attentioii. 

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