The report now submitted consists of three principal divisions. The first relates to the publications made during the fiscal year; the second, to the work prosecuted in the field; the third, to the office work, which chiefly consists of the preparation for publication of the results of field work, with the corrections and additions obtained from exhaustive researches into the literature of the subjects discussed and by correspondence relative to them.
PUBLICATIONS.
The publications actually issued and distributed during the year were as follows, all octavo:
Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages, by James C. Pilling; pages i-vi + 1-208. Facsimile reproductions, at pages 44 and 56, of title pages of early publications relating to Indian languages, and, at page 72, of the Cherokee alphabet.
Textile Fabrics of Ancient Peru, by William H. Holmes; pages 1-17, Figs. 1-11.
The Problem of the Ohio Mounds, by Cyrus Thomas; pages 1-54, Figs. 1-8.
FIELD WORK.
The field work of the year is divided into (1) mound explorations and (2) general field studies, the latter being directed chiefly to archeology, linguistics, and pictography.