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Titicaca region, a gift from Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan in a 

 former year, and a number of other similar objects, none of 

 which have been exhibited before, have been arranged in a 

 special case in this hall. The large additions to the South 

 American collection during the past two years makes necessary 

 the re-arrangement of many of the cases before their final 

 labeling can be accomplished. 



In order to further the North American research work, an 

 agreement has been made with the Bureau of Ethnology in 

 Washington, by means of which the Bureau contributes cer- 

 tain sums for linguistic research, while the Museum pays for 

 ethnological field work, a plan of cooperation which is prov- 

 ing very satisfactory. During the last year two expeditions 

 were in the field working on this basis, Mr. H. H. St. 

 Clair, Jr., collecting among the Shoshone of Wyoming and 

 Oregon, and Mr. William Jones among the Sac and Fox 

 Indians of Nebraska. Both these gentlemen brought back 

 valuable collections. . 



Work among the caves and old village sites of British 

 Columbia, begun in a modest way during the year, has yielded 

 very interesting results and should be continued. 



During the summer a series of casts was made at the Indian 

 school at Carlisle, Pa., supplementing our collection illus- 

 trating the physiology and ethnology of the North American 

 Indians. 



In connection with the North American iVrchseological ex- 

 hibit in the Southwest hall, there have been arranged two 

 cases, illustrating the artifacts of the Iroquois and Algonkin 

 Indians of New York State, and in other cases are exhibited 

 the collections from village sites, rock shelters, shell heaps 

 and various places in and near the city of New York, which 

 had been explored under the direction of the department. 

 Furthermore, a model of one of the rock-shelters explored 

 in Westchester has been made in order to illustrate one phase 

 in the life of the New York Indians. To make this exhibit 

 still more instructive, there has been prepared a model show- 

 ing the layers of accumulated material in the shelter, near 



