FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



M. W. Stirling, Chief 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the field 

 researches, office work, and other operations of the Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1933, conducted 

 in accordance with the act of Congress approved June 30, 1932. 

 The act referred to contains the following item: 



American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the 

 American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation and preservation 

 of archseologic remains under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 including necessary employees, the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and 

 illustrations, the purchase of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, 

 $66,640. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



M. W. Stirling, chief, devoted most of his time during the year to 

 office routine and to the preparation of manuscript accumulated 

 from past researches. Several sections of his report on the ethnology 

 of the Jivaro Indians of eastern Ecuador were completed, and con- 

 siderable progress was made in the preparation of a manuscript 

 describing and illustrating the important finds made by F. H. Cush- 

 ing, former ethnologist of the Bureau, during excavations in a muck 

 deposit at Key Marco, Fla. A set of excellent photographs illus- 

 trating this work was discovered in the Bureau archives, where they 

 had been deposited, unindexed, by Mr. Cushing, whose death took 

 place shortly after the completion of his Florida field work. 



Mr. Stirling also gathered a large quantity of unpublished material 

 relating to the career of Sitting Bull, including a new and heretofore 

 unknown hieroglyphic autobiography drawn by Sitting Bull himself, 

 a more important specimen than the famous copy of a Sitting Bull 

 autobiography in the Bureau archives made by Four Horns. 



Dr. John R. Swanton, ethnologist, devoted the greater part of 

 his time, beyond that used in answering correspondents, to an exten- 

 sive paper on the ethnology of the southeastern Indians, mentioned 

 in previous reports. A great volume of material has been added. 

 Progress has also been made in the preparation of a bulletin to include 

 all the linguistic material rescued from the now extinct Coahuiltecan 

 and Karankawan dialects. 



Dr. Swanton took part in the ' 'Conference on Southern Pre- 

 History" held at Birmingham, Ala., December 18-20, under the 

 auspices of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology of the 



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