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  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  secured 
  data 
  regarding 
  the 
  mythology 
  and 
  prehistoric 
  culture 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chippewyan 
  Indians. 
  He 
  also 
  continued 
  his 
  studies 
  of 
  

   the 
  Assiniboine 
  Indians 
  at 
  Fort 
  Belknap, 
  Montana. 
  

  

  H. 
  J. 
  Spinden 
  spent 
  the 
  summer 
  among 
  the 
  Nez 
  Perce 
  

   Indians 
  (Idaho) 
  where 
  he 
  made, 
  a 
  very 
  complete 
  collection 
  of 
  

   myths 
  and 
  tales, 
  together 
  with 
  notes 
  upon 
  their 
  general 
  

   culture. 
  His 
  excavations 
  also 
  yielded 
  excellent 
  collections. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  Gilbert 
  L. 
  Wilson 
  worked 
  among 
  the 
  Hidatsa 
  Indians 
  

   in 
  North 
  Dakota. 
  He 
  secured 
  a 
  small 
  but 
  interesting 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  showing 
  primitive 
  agricultural 
  implements 
  and 
  household 
  

   utensils. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above, 
  several 
  volunteer 
  workers 
  have 
  

   been 
  looking 
  after 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Honorable 
  Mason 
  Mitchell, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Consul 
  to 
  Chung-king, 
  

   China, 
  has 
  sent 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  valuable 
  ethnological 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  C. 
  C. 
  Vinton 
  is 
  operating 
  in 
  Korea; 
  Captain 
  George 
  

   Comer 
  in 
  Hudson 
  Bay; 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  A. 
  McTavish 
  in 
  Tahiti; 
  Mr. 
  

   T. 
  E. 
  Donne 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith 
  secured 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  valuable 
  specimens 
  during 
  his 
  sojourn 
  in 
  the 
  

   Philippines. 
  

  

  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  heavy 
  drafts 
  for 
  routine 
  work 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  the 
  departmental 
  staff, 
  the 
  research 
  work 
  and 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  have 
  progressed 
  satisfactorily. 
  Five 
  articles 
  have 
  been 
  

   contributed 
  to 
  the 
  Anthropological 
  Papers, 
  and 
  several 
  minor 
  

   papers 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  other 
  publi- 
  

   cations. 
  

  

  DEPARTMENT 
  OF 
  PHYSIOLOGY 
  

  

  We 
  regret 
  that 
  continued 
  ill 
  health 
  obliged 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  F. 
  

   Muenchehofe 
  to 
  retire 
  from 
  the 
  department 
  in 
  June, 
  and 
  we 
  

   gladly 
  record 
  our 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  excellent 
  work 
  which 
  he 
  

   accomplished 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  faithful 
  service 
  that 
  he 
  rendered 
  while 
  

   a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  staff. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Adolph 
  Elwyn 
  has 
  been 
  assigned 
  to 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  

   department, 
  and 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  Mrs. 
  Louise 
  Stevens 
  Bryant 
  

   was 
  engaged 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  the 
  osteological 
  work. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year, 
  84 
  skeletons 
  and 
  1,361 
  skulls 
  have 
  been 
  

   cleaned 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  collection. 
  Among 
  these 
  are 
  

   skeletons 
  of 
  an 
  elephant 
  and 
  a 
  rhinoceros. 
  

  

  