During the fall the Director made an expedition into Northern California for the purpose of studying the Wintuns. Much linguistic, sociologic, and technologic material was collected, and more thorough anthropologic researches initiated among a series of tribes heretofore neglected.
THE PREPARATION OF MANUALS FOR USE IN AMERICAN RESEARCH.
In the second plan of operations adopted by the Bureau, that of promoting the researches of collaborators, aid in publication and, to some extent, in preparation of scientific papers, has been given, and by various ways new investigations and lines of research have been initiated. For this latter purpose a series of manuals with elementary discussions and schedules of interrogatories have been prepared.
The first is entitled Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, by J. W. Powell.
This has been widely distributed throughout North America, and the collection of a large body of linguistic material has resulted therefrom.
A second volume of this character is entitled Introduction to the Study of Mortuary Customs, by Dr. H. C. Yarrow.
This also has been widely circulated with abundant success.
A third hand-book of the same character is entitled Introduction to the Study of Sign Language, by Colonel Mallery.
This was circulated in like manner with like results.
A second edition of the Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, enlarged to meet the advanced wants of the time, has been prepared.