﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
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  ceremonial 
  organization, 
  religious 
  observances 
  and 
  general 
  

   culture 
  of 
  these 
  Indians. 
  This 
  information 
  and 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  will 
  furnish 
  material 
  for 
  three 
  scientific 
  papers 
  upon 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Plains. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  gaps 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  

   archaeological 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  filled 
  through 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Alanson 
  Skinner, 
  who 
  has 
  explored 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  village 
  

   sites 
  on 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  field 
  work, 
  several 
  investigators 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   world 
  have 
  been 
  contributing 
  to 
  the 
  department. 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  C. 
  

   Vinton 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  collect 
  information 
  and 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   Korea 
  for 
  the 
  Museum. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Walker 
  is 
  progressing 
  

   with 
  his 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  Dakota. 
  Captain 
  George 
  Comer 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  with 
  a 
  commission 
  to 
  collect 
  specimens 
  and 
  

   notes, 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  and 
  Professor 
  Howard 
  Richards 
  is 
  

   making 
  collections 
  in 
  China. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  Professor 
  Marshall 
  H. 
  Saville 
  retired 
  as 
  Curator 
  

   of 
  Mexican 
  Archaeology 
  and 
  the 
  custody 
  of 
  the 
  Mexican 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  this 
  department. 
  Professor 
  Saville 
  ac- 
  

   cepted 
  an 
  appointment 
  as 
  Honorary 
  Curator 
  of 
  Archaeology 
  and 
  

   has 
  rendered 
  valuable 
  assistance 
  to 
  the 
  Curator 
  in 
  many 
  ways. 
  

  

  From 
  May 
  to 
  October 
  Mr. 
  George 
  H. 
  Pepper 
  was 
  given 
  

   leave 
  of 
  absence 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  some 
  work 
  in 
  South 
  America 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  George 
  G. 
  Heye. 
  Since 
  his 
  

   return 
  he 
  has 
  continued 
  his 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito 
  and 
  

   has 
  made 
  considerable 
  progress 
  with 
  his 
  manuscript. 
  

  

  One 
  memoir, 
  three 
  Bulletin 
  articles 
  and 
  three 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   the 
  first 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Anthropological 
  Papers, 
  making 
  a 
  

   total, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  plates, 
  of 
  about 
  750 
  pages, 
  have 
  been 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  this 
  department. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  special 
  fund 
  established 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jesup, 
  the 
  pub- 
  

   lication 
  of 
  the 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  Jesup 
  North 
  Pacific 
  Expe- 
  

   dition 
  has 
  been 
  continued, 
  the 
  following 
  parts 
  having 
  been 
  

   completed 
  during 
  the 
  year: 
  

  

  Vol. 
  II, 
  Part 
  VI. 
  "Archaeology 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Georgia 
  and 
  Puget 
  

   Sound." 
  By 
  Harlan 
  I. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Vol. 
  VII, 
  Part 
  II. 
  " 
  The 
  Chukchee 
  : 
  Religion." 
  By 
  W. 
  Bogoras. 
  

  

  