﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  IQI2 
  57 
  

  

  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 
  archeoiogical 
  

   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 
  years 
  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 
  archeoiogical 
  series. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  INTEREST 
  

  

  Public 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  archeoiogical 
  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 
  staff 
  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. 
  

  

  