REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 45 



collection of Indian gesture signs; a set of proof sheets of a bibliography of North 

 American languages; a provisional list of the principal North American tribes, with 

 synonyms, and two samples of style for the Dictionary of American Indians, now in 

 preparation. 



There have been issued up to the present time 19 annual reports, of which 4 are 

 in 2 parts; 27 bulletins, of which 2-1 are in octavo, unbound, and 3 are in royal 

 octavo, bound; 8 volumes of Contril)utions, of which one is in 2 parts; 4 introduc- 

 tions to the study of aboriginal activities, and 6 miscellaneous pamphlets — 69 vol- 

 umes and pamphlets in all. 



Subjecl-maller of the papers. — The papers published have covered the entire range of 

 aboriginal characters, activities, and history. Seven deal largely (3 of them almost 

 wholly) with the classification of the tribes; almost all contain some cyclopedic 

 material, but only 1 is devoted to it chiefly, while 18 others have a large amount 

 of such material; 3 deal chiefly and 9 largely with history and tradition, and 3 are 

 concerned with relations with the whites as shown through land cessions and reser- 

 vations. Of those treating of aboriginal activities, 3 deal chiefly and 12 largely with 

 social organization; 50 are devoted to arts and industries, and 20 more contain con- 

 siderable material on this subject; 40 are devoted chiefly to linguistics and perhaps 

 35 to mythology and folklore, and a number of others contain material on both these 

 topics. The whole constitute a record of great practical value to those dealing with 

 the interests of the native tribes, and are of the utmost importance to the science 

 of man. 



Publicalions of the year. — The Nineteenth Annual Report, Bulletins 25 and 27, and 

 a sample of style of the Dictionary of Indian Tribes (250 copies printed by the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the use of collaborators) have been issued during the 

 year, the Nineteenth Annual in October, 1902, Bulletin 25 in June, 1903, Bulletin 27 

 in January, 1903, and the pamjihlet early in the same year. 



Forthcoming j)ublicatioiis.-—T\\QTviGx\\wih., Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Annual 

 Reports are in press, the former being almost completed, and the Twenty-third 

 Report, containing Mrs. M. C. Stevenson's paper on the esoteric and exoteric life of 

 the Zuiii and Dr. Frank Russell's paper on the Pima Indians, are nearly ready for 

 transmission to the Public Printer. A paper on Haida Texts, by John R. Swanton, 

 and a series of i»apers on Mexican and Mayan antiquities, history, and calendar 

 systems, by Eduard Seler, E. Furstemann, Paul Schellhas, Carl Sapper, and E. P. 

 Dieseldorff, is in preparation, and the following unassigned papers have been sub- 

 mitted: Algonquian Texts (Peoria, JNIiauii, and Wea), by A. S. Gatschet; List of 

 Linguistic Families of Mexico and Central America, by Cyrus Thomas. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THK PUBLICATIONS. 



Publications are sent to two classes of recipients: First, regularly, without special 

 request, to working anthropologists, public libraries, scientific societies, institutions 

 of learning, and others who are able to contribute to the work of the Bureau through 

 publications, ethnologic specimens, or manuscript notes; second, to others in response 

 to special requests, frequently indorsed by members of Congress. 



During the year 1,380 copies each of the Nineteentii Annual Report and Bulletins 

 26 and 27 have been sent to regular recipients, about one-half of these going to the 

 United States, and 3,600 miscellaneous volumes and pamphlets have been sent in 

 response to about an equal number of special requests. More than 200 of these 

 requests have come through Congressmen, and about 400 volumes have been sent in 

 response. 



EDITORI.\L WORK. 



The editorial work has been in charge of Mr. II. S. Wood, assisted during .July, 

 August, and a part of September, 1902, by Dr. Elbert J. Benton. Several sets of 



