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implements; (2) the Palmer collection of 98 ethnologic specimens from Mexico, and 

 (3) the Gane collection of cliff-house relics, comprising fictile ware, hone imple- 

 ments, etc., from San Juan Valley, Utah. In addition, the Mufiiz collection of 

 trephined skulls, illustrated and described in the sixteenth annual report, was 

 finally transferred to the Museum. A considerable number of separate objects and 

 minor collections obtained by exchange for reports and by gift has also been turned 

 over to the Museum during the year; among these was a Muskwaki hand-loom 

 obtained by Mr. McGee for the express purpose of filling an hiatus in the national 

 collection. 



PUBLICATION. 



Satisfactory progress has been made by Mr. Hodge in the revision of the proofs of 

 the seventeenth and eighteenth annual reports and in the editorial work on the 

 manuscript of the nineteenth annual report. The seventeenth report was trans- 

 mitted to the Public Printer by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution on 

 July 6, 1897, the first proofs being received on September 20, and by the end of 

 June, 1898, the two volumes comprising the work were practically all in type. In 

 addition to the usual account of the operations of the Bureau the seventeenth annual 

 report will contain four memoirs, bearing the titles, "The Seri Indians," by W J 

 McGee; "Calendar History of the Kiowa Indians," by James Mooney; "Navaho 

 Houses," by Cosmos Mindeleff, and "Archteological Expedition to Arizona in 1895," 

 by J. Walter Fewkes. 



The eighteenth annual report was transmitted to the Public Printer by the Secre- 

 tary on March 11, 1898. It comprises, in addition to the report of operations for the 

 fiscal year 1896-97, two papers entitled, respectively, "The Eskimo About Bering 

 Strait," by E. W. Nelson, and "Indian Land Cessions in the United States," by 

 C. C. Royce. Like the seventeenth annual report, this also will appear in two 

 volumes. The first galley proofs were received from the Public Printer in the latter 

 part of June. 



While all the material for the nineteenth annual report is not yet in hand, satis- 

 factory progress has been made in its preparation, and it is believed that a sufficient 

 number of memoirs have already been received from the collaborators of the Bureau 

 to warrant the publication of the report in at least two volumes. These memoirs 

 are: "Cathlamet Texts," by Franz Boas; "Archfeological Researches in 1896 and 

 1897," by J. Walter Fewkes; "Tusayan Snake and Flute Ceremonies," also by Dr. 

 Fewkes; "Localization of Gentes," by Cosmos Mindeleff; and "Aboriginal American 

 Architecture," also by Mr. Mindeleff. It is expected that several other noteworthy 

 papers will be received from their authors in ample time for incorporation as a part 

 of this report. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



As set forth in a previous report, the bibliography of the aboriginal languages of 

 Mexico, which was left uncompleted at the time of Mr. Pilling's death, has been con- 

 tinued through the generous services of Mr. George Parker Winship, librarian of 

 the John Carter Brown library at Providence, with the courteous permission of Mr. 

 John Nicholas Brown . The unusual facilities afforded by the excellent library under 

 Mr. Winship's care has enabled him to make marked progress with this work during 

 the fiscal year; much, however, yet remains to be done ere the work will be ready 

 for publication. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Library. — The maintenance of the library has continued under the supervision of 

 Mr. Hodge, and the distribution of the publications of the Bureau has also been 

 conducted under his direction. At the close of the last fiscal year, as mentioned in 

 the report covering that period, the volumes in the library numbered 7,138; to these 

 756 volumes have been added, making a total of 7,894 volumes at the close of the 



