United States Engineer Office, 

 Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 



Washington, D. C, May 15, 1879. 



General: I have the honor to present herewith reports, submitted to 

 constitute Vol. VII of the series of quarto volumes, the publication of which 

 is authorized by acts approved June 23, 1874, and February 15, 1875. 



The collections at vicinity of Santa Barbara and adjacent islands 

 were made by a special party of the expedition of 1875, under Dr. H. C. 

 Yarrow, assisted by Dr. J. T. Rothrock and H. W. Henshaw, the oppor- 

 tunities for search having been pointed out by Prof. S. F. Baird, now sec- 

 retary of the Smithsonian Institution, whose keen appreciation and foresight 

 served not alone to prompt this office, but others, to the examination of a 

 number of localities, from which abundant material has been gathered. 



The localities at which special examinations and excavations were 

 made, are Dos Pueblos and La Patera on the main land, shown on the 

 accompanying sketch of the coast in the vicinity of Santa Barbara and out- 

 lying islands, and near Prisoner's Harbor upon the island of Santa Cruz. 



Mr. Paul Schumacher and Mr. Stephen J. Bowers have since made 

 successful searches at Carpenteria, at points on the Santa Maria River, 

 along the western flanks of the Santa Inez Mountains, and on the Santa 

 Barbara Islands. Some of this material has been accessible to Professor 

 Putnam. 



The portion of the within report bearing on the Indian pueblos of the 

 interior has resulted from collections made at several of the existing and 

 extinct pueblos of the Colorado and Gila River basins and that of the Rio 

 Grande, by a number of assistants, among whom notably are Dr. H. C. 

 Yarrow, Oscar Loew, Ph. D., and Francis Klett. 



