Appendix 2. 



REPORT ON THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report of the oper- 

 ations of the Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1912, conducted in accordance with the act of Con- 

 gress approved March 4, 1911, making appropriations for sundry 

 civil expenses of the Government, which act contains the following 

 item: 



American ethnology : For continuing ethnological researches among the 

 American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and pres- 

 ervation of arch83ologic remains, under the direction of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the 

 purchase of necessary books and periodicals, including payment in advance for 

 subscriptions, forty-two thousand dollars. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES. 



The systematic researches of the bureau were conducted by the 

 regular staff, consisting of eight ethnologists, and with the aid of 

 specialists not directly connected with the bureau, but. the results of 

 whose studies were procured for publication. These operations may 

 be summarized as follows : 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist-in-charge, was occupied with admin- 

 istrative affairs during the greater part of the year, but from time to 

 time, as opportunity afforded, he was engaged in the preparation of 

 an annotated Bibliography of the Pueblo Indians, with the result 

 that almost 1,100 cards bearing titles, descriptions of contents, etc., 

 of writings pertaining to the Pueblos were completed. Knowledge 

 of the Pueblo Indians commenced with the year 1539, and these 

 people have been the subject of so much attention by early Spanish 

 explorers and missionaries, as well as by ethnologists and others, in 

 recent years, that the literature has become voluminous and widely 

 scattered. The need of a guide to this array of material has been 

 greatly felt by students, and for this reason Mr. Hodge has prepared 

 notes on the subject for a number of years with the view of their final 

 elaboration in the form of a bibliography. 



Late in August Mr. Hodge proceeded to New Mexico, and after a 

 brief visit to the archeological sites in the Rito de Los Frijoles, 

 northwest of Santa Fe, where excavations were conducted in con- 

 junction with the School of American Archaeology in 1911, continued 



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