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in early times, as well as the effect of Spanish contact during the 

 sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The results of this important 

 study, which were highly successful, will be published in the near 

 future. 



In the Mesa Verde National Park Dr. J. Walter Fewkes exca- 

 vated and repaired a large rectangular ruin, 100 by 113 feet, to 

 which he gave the name of Far View House, by reason of its com- 

 manding situation on the mesa. The most important result of the 

 study of this structure is the revelation of a new type of Mesa Verde 

 building, the form and character of which throws light on the close 

 relation of pueblos and cliff dwellings. Dr. Fewkes believes that 

 this structure is the only example of a pure type of pueblo ever com- 

 pletely excavated, the term " pure type " meaning a terraced commu- 

 nity building constructed of shaped stones and having circular kivas, 

 or ceremonial rooms, united with surrounding rectangular rooms. 

 This type of pueblo may be considered a stage in architectural devel- 

 opment between the older type of structure and the mixed or modern 

 form which shows a retrogression in the art of masonry. 



Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, while conducting studies in Canada relative 

 to the Iroquois League, was selected as an official delegate from the 

 council of the Six Nations to attend a condolence and installation 

 ceremony at Mimcietown, in which he took a leading part, requiring 

 the intoning of an address of comforting in the Onondaga language 

 and also in acting the part of the Seneca chiefs in such a council. 



Among the special researches carried on during the year may be 

 mentioned the completion of the manuscript on the ethnology of the 

 Kwakiutl Indians bj^ Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist. Work 

 is nearly completed on the results of the field work on the Salishan 

 language, carried on through the generosity of Mr. Homer E. Sar- 

 gent, of Chicago, by Mr. James Teit. The study of Indian music 

 has been continued by Miss Frances Densmore, sufficient data now 

 being on hand to complete a work on the music of the Ute Indians, 

 among whom Miss Densmore has now spent two field seasons. 



The bureau has published during the year one annual report, two 

 bulletins, and a list of publications of the bureau. In press or in 

 preparation at the close of the year were four reports and eight 

 bulletins. The library of the bureau accessioned 435 new books and 

 388 pamphlets. 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



The International Exchange Service, for the exchange of govern- 

 mental and scientific publications with other countries, though very 

 much hampered in its operations by war conditions, has nevertheless 

 handled during tho year a total of 268,625 packages, weighing 290,193 



