42 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



part containing a paper on the "Ghost- Dance Religion," by James Mooney. This 

 report, like the preceding volumes of the series, will he amply illustrated, and it is 

 expected that it will he ready for distribution before the close of the calendar year. 



Although the manuscript of the fifteenth annual report was transmitted to the 

 Public Printer on June 14, 1895, no text proof was received during the fiscal year; 

 the proofs of the illustrations have, however, been received and approved. The ac- 

 companying papers of the fifteenth report comprise "Stone Implements of the 

 Potomac-Chesapeake Tidewater Province," by W. H. Holmes; "The Siouan In- 

 dians," by W J McGee, a paper complementary with and introductory to a posthu- 

 mous memoir on "Siouan Sociology," by James Owen Dorsey ; "Tusayan Katcinas," 

 by J. Walter Fewkes, and "The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891," by 

 Comos Mindeleff. The volume contains upward of a hundred plates, in addition to 

 numerous figures in the text, all of which have been engraved. 



The manuscript of the sixteenth annual report was sent to the Government Print- 

 ing Offico on September 27, 1895. The illustrations have all been engraved, but no 

 proof of the text had been received at the close of the fiscal year. The accompanying 

 papers of this report are "Primitive Trephining," by Manuel Antonio Mufiiz and W J 

 McGee; "Cliff Dwellings of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona," by Cosmos Mindeleff, and 

 "The Maya Day Symbol," by Cyrus Thomas. 



The only volume published by the Bureau during the fiscal year was the thirteenth 

 annual report, which was delivered by the Public Printer in May, and at once trans- 

 mitted to the numerous correspondents of the Bureau throughout the world. This 

 volume, for which the demand from students has been unusually large, contains, in 

 addition to the Director's report of 59 pages, the following memoirs: (1) Prehistoric 

 textile art of eastern United States, by William H. Holmes, pages 3-46, Pis. I-IX, 

 figs. 1-28. (2) Stone art, by Gerard Fowke, pages 47-178, figs. 29-278. (3) Aborigi- 

 nal remains in Verde Valley, Arizona, by Cosmos Mindeleff, pages 179-261, Pis. X-L, 

 figs. 279-305. (4) Omaha dwellings, furniture, and implements, by James Owen 

 Dorsey, pages 263-288, figs. 306-327. (5) Casa Grande ruin, by Cosmos Mindeleff, 

 pages 289-319, Pis. LI-LX, figs. 328-330. (6) Outlines of Zulii creation myths, by 

 Frank Hamilton Gushing, pages 321-447. 



Most of the material for the seventeenth annual report has been prepared for the 

 printer, though the manuscript has not yet been transmitted. The accompany- 

 ing papers comprise a memoir on "TheSeri Indians," by W J McGee; the report by 

 Dr. Fewkes on decorative pottery and other material from Arizona ; Mr. Mooney's 

 memoir on "Kiowa Calendars;" a special paper on "Xavaho Houses," contributed by 

 Cosmos Mindeleff, and the memoir on "Indian Land Cessions," prepared hy C. C. 

 Royce and revised by Dr. Thomas. The papers are fully illustrated by maps, photo- 

 graphs, and sketches. Like the fourteenth report, it will doubtless be bound in two 

 volumes. 



MISCELLANEOUS WORK. 



Library. — It is the plan of the Bureau to maintain a small working library for the 

 use of the collaborators, and it has grown slowly through accessions, acquired 

 chiefly by exchange for reports, the growth barely keeping pace Avith the publica- 

 tion of anthropologic works. At the end of the fiscal year the library numbered 

 5,501 volumes, having increased by 472 volumes during the preceding twelve months. 

 In addition, there was a proportionate accession of pamphlets and periodicals. 



Illustrations. — The preparation of illustrations for the reports has been continued 

 under the direction of Mr. DeLancey W. Gill. The drawings have been executed by 

 a number of artists, while the photographs have been made chiefly by Mr. Dinwid- 

 die. In addition to the photographic work required for the immediate illustration 

 of reports, the various collaborators at work in the field are supplied with cameras, 

 and make considerable numbers of photographs, by whicli their notes are supple- 

 mented and enriched, and many of these photographs are incorporated in subsequent 



