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and two pueblos on the Rio Grande. Assistant Curator Simms made 

 two expeditions to the Crows of Montana, the result being a collection 

 of unparalleled interest in the possession of the Museum up to the 

 present time from any of the Plains tribes. Especially noteworthy 

 in this extensive collection are a large number of very fine skin 

 garments from the times of the buffalo and an extensive collection of 

 over sixty buffalo shields. In connection with the work of collect- 

 ing, Mr. Simms conducted ethnological investigations chiefly into 

 the mythology and heraldry of the Crows. Mr. Hudson, special 

 assistant of the Department, returned to California early in the year 

 where he still remains continuing the work of investigation and 

 collection among the California tribes. It will probably require 

 another year to complete Mr. Hudson's field work in California, at 

 which time the entire state will have been covered. His success has 

 been unexpectedly gratifying, owing to the fact that several of the 

 California tribes have been found much richer in material than had 

 been anticipated. Mr. Charles F. Newcombe, for several years an 

 interested friend of this Department, began a systematic series of 

 investigations among certain tribes of the northwest coast early this 

 year with a special object in view of strengthening and supplementing 

 the already valuable collection from this region. Mr. Newcombe has 

 so far confined his attention to the Haidas, especially those of 

 Southern Alaska, where he has met with unexpected success and as a 

 result a large and beautiful series of specimens have been added to 

 the collection from this region, which was hitherto poorly represented. 

 A short exploration of two of the lower Tlingit villages was also 

 made, where he secured "a number of very interesting ancient 

 carvings. Though not directly connected with the Department, 

 Lieutenant Emmons generously placed his services at the disposition 

 of the Museum during the summer of this year and purchased for 

 the Museum lOo specimens of Tlingit manufacture, all of 

 unusual merit and forming a notable addition to the collection 

 purchased from him. Through a generous provision of Mr. W J 

 McGee, of the Bureau of Ethnology, the Department was enabled to 

 arrange for a piece of co-operative work with the Bureau among the 

 Cheyenne. This work has been carried on during the year by Mr. 

 James Mooney, a well known ethnologist of the Bureau, and will 

 require an additional year for completion. As a result of this work 

 the Museum expects to acquire a complete collection of Cheyenne 

 artifacts in addition to the reproduction of an entire Cheyenne 

 camping circle as it existed many years ago. All the tipis of a certain 

 year will be reproduced in miniature, properly decorated and with 



