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version of the teachings of the celebrated Seneca chief, the 

 manuscript was revised and with explanatory notes and appen- 

 dixes, was submitted as a bulletin in the Museum archeological 

 series. This work, now in press, will be a free translation of the 

 religious belief of the modern nonchristian Iroquois of New 

 York and Ontario, and should prove a work of some psychologi- 

 cal as well as sociological and ethnological interest. It was 

 Handsome Lake who revolutionized in sixteen vears the disin- 

 tegrating Seneca and Onondaga tribes and recrystalized their 

 native beliefs. This was accomplished at a critical moment in 

 the history of the Iroquois — immediately after the Revolution- 

 ary War, when the Iroquois League was broken and disheart- 

 ened. Handsome Lake's teachings gave a new life and a new 

 hope. The bulletin will be no. 16 in the archeological series. 



PUBLIC INTEREST 



Public interest in the work of the archeological section is 

 attested by the large number of letters of inquiry which have 

 come to this office and the many requests for information. 



To museum authorities, especially, the plan for the ethnologi- 

 cal groups has made an appeal, and a considerable number have 

 visited the workshops for information as to methods. 



IX 



PUBLICATIONS 



A list of the scientific publications issued during the year 191 1- 

 12, with those now in press and treatises ready for printing, is 

 attached hereto. The publications issued cover the whole range of 

 our scientific activities. They embrace 926 pages of text, 122 plates 

 and 19 maps. 



The labor of preparing this matter, verifying, editing and correct- 

 ing is onerous and exacting. Taken altogether, it excellently indi- 

 cates the activity and diligence of the stafif of this division. 



ANNUAL REPORT 



I Eighth Report of the Director, State Geologist and Paleontolo- 

 gist for the fiscal year ending September 30, 191 1. 2i8p. 42 pi. 



