60 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 



ing aboriginal remains is not forthcoming from certain other parts 

 of the country east of the Mississippi, especially the Xew England 

 States, -svhich at this writing are not adequately represented. The 

 bureau is indebted to Mr. Warren K. Moorehead, of the department 

 of archeology of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., for the generous 

 use of original data gathered by him in Maine in advance of its 

 publication by the academy. 



Mr. James Murie, as opportunity offered and the limitations of a 

 small allotment made by the bureau for these studies allowed, con- 

 tinued his observations on the ceremonial organization and rites of 

 the Pawnee tribe, of Avhich he is a member. The product of Mr. 

 Murie's investigation of the year, which was practically finished but 

 not received in manuscript form at the close of June, is a circum- 

 stantial account of " The Going After the Mother Cedar Tree by the 

 Bear Society," an important ceremony which has been performed 

 only by the Skidi band during the last decade. 



In the last annual report attention Avas directed to a proposed 

 series of handbooks of the Indians of the several States and to the 

 arrangements that had been made for such a volume, devoted to the 

 tribes of California, by Dr. A. L. Kroeber, of the University of Cali- 

 fornia. The author has submitted sections of the manuscript of this 

 work for suggestion, and, although his university duties have delayed 

 its completion, there is every reason to believe that when the mate- 

 rial is finished and published it will form an excellent model for the 

 entire scries. It has been hoped that the pecuniary means necessary 

 for the preparation of these State handbooks would be provided in 

 accordance with the estimate of an appropriation submitted for this 

 purpose, but unfortunately the desired provision was not made. 



Prof. Howard M. Ballou, of Honolulu, has submitted from time 

 to time additional titles for the List of Works Relating to Hawaii, 

 compiled in collaboration with the late Dr. Cyrus Thomas. The 

 material for this bibliography is in the hands of Mr. Felix Neumann 

 for final editorial revision, and it is expected that the entire manu- 

 script will soon be ready for composition. 



The large collection of manuscripts in possession of the bureau 

 has been in continuous charge of Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt. A few note- 

 worthy additions were made during the year besides those prepared 

 or which are in process of preparation by members of the staff. 

 Among these may be mentioned the " Dictionary of Words that have 

 been Made Known in or Introduced into English from the Indians 

 of North, Central, and South America," by the late William R. 

 Gerard, a work requiring many years of assiduous labor. The 

 manuscript was acquired for a nominal consideration from Mrs. 

 Gerard, and it is the design to publish the dictionary as soon as it 

 can be given the customary editorial attention. Before his death 



