14 Report of the President. 



B. Dixon, who investigated the Maidu Indians of northern Cali- 

 fornia. The results of his work are an interesting collection of 

 basketry, utensils and feather ornaments of these Indians, and a 

 series of casts and photographs illustrating the type of people. 

 Besides this, Mr. Dixon accumulated considerable material on the 

 structure of the Maidu language and much ethnological infor- 

 mation. In connection with the Huntington investigations in 

 California an important collection of pottery of the Southwestern 

 tribes was made by Mr. G. P. Winship. 



A gift from Mrs. Morris K. Jesup enabled us to send another 

 investigator to Indian Territory. Mr. Alfred L. Kroeber was 

 charged with the investigation of the Arapaho Indians. He made 

 a very important collection illustrating the ceremonials and the 

 symbolism of the tribe which is of special value to this Museum. 

 Mr. Kroeber's work is also of great scientific interest on account 

 of the new information obtained in regard to the significance of 

 decorative designs of the Arapaho. Mr. Kroeber also secured 

 much linguistic material. 



Eskimo Research. — In 1897 a full list of desiderata and sug- 

 gestions for enquiries was furnished to Capt. George Comer who 

 was about to visit the west coast of Hudson Bay. Capt. Comer, 

 in following out these suggestions, made an excellent collection 

 illustrating the arts and customs of the Eskimo tribes which he 

 visited at Chesterfield Inlet, Wager River and Southampton Island. 

 The collection from the Southampton Island Eskimo is remark- 

 able on account of the primitive character of the tribe, which has 

 never been visited by whites and is still living in the stone age. 



The Hyde Southwestern Expedition. — The work of this 

 expedition, which is entirely under the patronage of the Messrs. 

 B. Talbot B. Hyde and F. E. Hyde, Jr., consisted in the further 

 exploration of the ruins known as "Pueblo Bonito," in the Chaco 

 Canon, New Mexico ; the exploration of several ancient burial 

 sites near other ruins in the Chaco and adjoining canons ; the ex- 

 amination of ruins in the canons, on the mesas, and in the cliffs, 

 as part of a general survey of the archaeology of the region in- 

 cluded in the adjoining corners of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah 



