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In September Mr. Hewitt, assisted by the Rev. Jesse Kirk, an educated and intel- 

 ligent Klamath quarter-blood Indian, undertook the special study of the system of 

 blood relationships and affinities among the Klamaths of the Lutuamian linguistic 

 family to ascertain whether or not these people have a clan system. This was done 

 by means of two charts, one for the paternal and the other for the maternal lines of 

 descent. It was shown by this study that the Klamaths have no clan system such 

 as that prevailing among the Iroquois. An extensive vocabulary of Klamath vocfibies 

 was also obtained from the Rev. Mr. Kirk, coverings? manuscript pages. Mr. Hewitt 

 also devoted nuich time to work in connection with the Dictionary of Indian Tribes, 

 furnishing, among other contributions, the articles "Adoption," "Confederacy," and 

 "Attakapan Family." 



During the year Mr. Hewitt's regular research work has been interfered with to a 

 very considerable extent by duties imposed in connection with the official corre- 

 spondence of the Bureau. Many communications were received calling for informa- 

 tion regarding the native languages, especially the significance of names and the 

 interpretation of jihrases and sentences, and these were for the greater part referred to 

 Mr. Hewitt for report. Besides this a num];)er of manuscripts forwarded for examina- 

 tion or forpurchase have been placed in his hands for expert consideration. 



In past years jNIr. Hewitt has taken some part in the care of the great collection of 

 manuscripts in the Bureau vaults, and toward the close of the present year he was 

 aj^pointed custodian of manuscripts. In this capacity he has again taken up the 

 work of identifying, classifying and cataloguing these documents — a work of no little 

 difficulty and requiring much time. 



Dr. John R. Swanton was engaged for the greater part of the year in copying and 

 translating texts obtained by him from the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, British Columbia, during the winter of 1900-1901. There are two series of 

 these texts taken in the dialects of Skidegate and IVIasset, respectively. Of the Skide- 

 gate series there are 75 texts (one-third of which are war stories), covering about 360 

 typewritten pages, and of the Masset series about 90 texts, covering about the same 

 numljer of pages. These texts will be ready for publication early in the next fiscal 

 year. 



Doctor Swanton has also been engaged in the preparation of a grammatical study 

 of the Haida language, which, while it is not exhaustive, will cover all essential 

 points. He has also in hand a dictionary of the Haida language. 



Doctor Swanton has assisted Mr. Hodge in the compilation of the Dictionary of 

 Indian Tribes, and has revised, copied, and arranged all the descriptive material for 

 the Chimmesyan, Koluschan, Salishan, Skittagetan, Takilman, and Wakashan lin- 

 guistic families. 



Dr. Albert S. Gatschet has continued his linguistic work, giving principal attention 

 to the completion of a work on Algonquian texts, including the Peoria. Miami, and 

 Wea dialects. He has also made some progress in the preparation of a Peoria dic- 

 tionary and grammar, and in addition has rendered substantial aid in furnishing 

 linguistic data called for by correspondents of the Bureau. 



Dr. Frank Russell, ethnologist, spent most of the previous year among the Pima 

 Indians of Arizona, and on the return journey paid a brief visit to the Muskwaki 

 tribe in Iowa, reaching Washington in July. The report on his re.searches will appear 

 in the Twenty-fourth Annual Re[)ort of the Bureau under the title "The Pima 

 Indians of Arizona." His active connection with the Bureau ceased on October 30, 

 but certain unfinished portions of the work were completed subsequently. 



Dr. Stewart Culin, curator of anthropology in the museum of the Brooklyn 

 Institute, has made progress in the preparation of a monograph on native American 

 gafnes which has been on hanii for some years. It is planned to have it appear in 

 the Twenty-fourth Annual Report. 



In September Mr. R. H. Partridge was commissioned by the Acting Director to 



