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(c) Handbook of Race History : Physical and mental characters, physiology, 

 pathology, medicine, etc. Researches in hand, but requiring extensive addi- 

 tional investigation. 



(d) Handbook of Social Systems: Organization and customs of society, the 

 family, clan, tribe, confederacy, government, etc. A large body of material is 

 already in hand, but much additional research is necessary. 



(e) Handbook of Religions: Religious customs, rites and ceremonies, folk- 

 lore, etc. The large body of data in hand requires much elaboration, with 

 additional research. 



(/) Handbook of Technology : Arts', industries, implements, utensils, manu- 

 factures, building, hunting, fishing, etc. 



(g) Handbook of the Esthetic Arts: Painting, sculpture, ornaments, music, 

 drama, etc. 



(h) Handbook of Sign Language. 



(i) Handbook of Pictography. 



(/) Handbook of Treaties and Land Cessions. 



(fc) Handbook of Games and Amusements. 



(I) Handbook of Burial Customs. 



(m) Handbook of Economics: Food resources, culinary arts, medicinal re- 

 sources, etc. 



(n) Handbook of Archaeology. The extensive researches of past years need 

 to be supplemented by much additional exploration. 



(o) Handbook of Geographical Names. 



(p) Handbook of Hawaii. Researches initiated by the preparation of a bib- 

 liography of 6,200 titles now nearly ready and a work on mythology now in 

 press. 



(g) Bibliographies. 



(r) Dictionaries. 



(s) Grammars. 



(t) Portfolios of portraits, etc. 



The body of data in hand relating to the Indians probably surpasses that 

 heretofore obtained relating to any primitive people, but still falls short of the 

 rounding out that should characterize the work of the American nation, dealing 

 as it does with a race and a culture which are rapidly disappearing. 



During the year researches were carried on in Arizona, New Mexico, Col- 

 orado, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, South Carolina, Indiana, and Oregon, and 

 were incidentally extended to the Argentine Republic, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, 

 California, Washington, and British Columbia. 



The chief devoted his time while in the office to the administrative work of 

 the bureau, giving the necessary attention to his duties as curator of the Section 

 of Prehistoric Archaeology and to the National Gallery of Art in the National 

 Museum. During the year considerable progress was made in the preparation 

 of a work already well advanced, on the stone implements of North America. 



Having been designated by the Department of State to represent the Smith- 

 sonian Institution at the First Pan-American Scientific Congress, held at San- 

 tiago, Chile (at which he represented also the George Washington University), 

 on October 29 the chief took passage on the Hamburg-American steamer 

 Amerika for England, sailing thence by way of Vigo, Spain, and Lisbon, Portu- 

 gal, to Buenos Aires. After spending ten days in the Argentine capital with 

 members of the delegation, making official visits and pursuing studies in va- 

 rious public institutions, he traversed the pampean country by rail to Mendoza, 

 and thence up the Mendoza River to Las Cuevas at the base of the cumbre 

 or crest of the Andes. Taking coach at this point he crossed to the Chilean 



