1 4 Report of the President. 



Huntington Expeditio?i to California. — The work of collecting 

 among the fast-vanishing tribes of California, which was insti- 

 tuted by the late Mr. C. P. Huntington, was continued during 

 the present year. Dr. Roland B. Dixon continued his work suc- 

 cessfully among the Maidu Indians in the foothills of the Sierras 

 east of Sacramento River, and he visited a number of other tribes 

 for comparative study. There is much yet to be done among the 

 California Indians, and it is hoped that this exploration may be 

 continued. 



Villard Expedition to Oregon. — The conditions among the Indians 

 of Oregon are such that the extinction of a number of tribes 

 may be expected within a few years. This fact induced the late 

 Mr. Henry Villard to provide for an investigation of these tribes; 

 and during the past summer Dr. L. Farrand made a thorough 

 investigation of the Alsea, a tribe which is reduced to not more 

 than about a dozen individuals. At the same time Dr. Farrand 

 succeeded in making a valuable collection of specimens illustrat- 

 ing the primitive life of several tribes of this region. 



Mexican Expedition. — During the winter of 1899- 1900 Mr. 

 Saville was engaged in the exploration of the ruins of Mitla and 

 vicinity. He was very successful in the scientific results of the 

 exploration, and discovered many important facts in relation to 

 the architecture of the buildings composing this noted group. 



Several cruciform subterranean structures were found at Mitla, 

 the walls of which were in several instances as elaborately orna- 

 mented with mosaic work as are those of the great "palaces." By 

 the generous aid of the Duke of Loubat, Mr. Saville was able to 

 return to Mitla in November last, where he is now engaged in 

 exploration. 



The B. T. B. Hyde and F. E. Hyde, Jr., Southwestern Expe- 

 dition. — In April last, Dr. A. Hrdlicka, accompanied by Mr. W. 

 Orchard, an assistant in the department, carried on anthropo- 

 metric and other ethnological research in New Mexico, Arizona 

 and southern Colorado. He visited the pueblos of Moki, Zuni, 



