New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-04
PATHOLOGICAL RESEARCHES.
ANNUAL REPORT OF MAJOR POwELL-THE INDIAN
IN MANY ASPECTS.

ANNUAL REPORT OF MAJOR POWTLL-IHE INDIAN
IN MANY ASPECTS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-MajOr j. ". Powell
has competed his second annual gepor, OF tue operations
oftne Bureau Of E,huology. Rcoesrches among the
North American Indians have been prosecuted aud
large amount OF information has been collected. Two
volumes were issued BY tue Bureau, one an enlarged
ana improved edition of the "HroducuOR TO the study
OF Indian Languages" by Major Powell, and the other
work entitled Houses and Hous,L.te OF the American
Aborsiues" BY the late Lewis h. MOrsan Of Rochester
N Y of the latter volume include Social
and governmental organization; the law Of Hospitality
and ite general practice communism IN living; usaSeS
and respect TO land aud food ana descrp
tons of the houses of Indians
Three contributions to the worlds knowledge of Indian
languages have been partly pared andln part princes
namely the "CelIa language Oy the Rev. j. owen
Dorsey; The klamath language" Dy A :. Gt,sclet
and the "BOliOgrapny OF North American Pathology, by
j. c. Plllmg The miscellaneous WORK in progress at
the close Of the fiscal year follows Colonel GarrcK
Mallory has continued study Of gesture Speech ana
has begun An Introduction TO the study OF fIcto
graphs DR. H. Ysrrow mas continued ais researches
mo the mortuary customs of tine North American In
dams and G. Royce mas been engaged IN tle pTrpa"
ration Of Historical Atlas of Indian Affair."
designed to show by series OF charts
the boundaries OF the different cCssiOns OF
land made to the United STATES from time to time by
the various Indian tribes This work will also Include
a historical text giving the date OF eayh treaty name OF
tribe or tribes with concluded aOstract Of toe
principal provisions thereof together with narrative
OF the incidents connected with its negotiation ana the
causcs leading thereto. Professor Gus T. Mason was
engaged in presentation of the subject OF education
among the Indians. embracing historically all tue at
Temps made that direction aud their results together
VITA the present condition of advance IN literary and
general culture
LARGE amount Of field work was done by H. w. Hen
shaw the Rev. :. D. HInmin the Rev Clay Macauey,
Mrs ErminIe a. Smltu, T. Il. CusMnE AMI James
stsv,uygy number Of scientific monographs accom-.
papy Mayor Powels report, among the TIE following
:. u,tb. OF the Iuoguols," Dy Mrs ErmH.e 4. 5uitA
Animal Carvings from Mounds o! the Mississippi Val
ley,"Dy Henry w. He1slaw; "NayJo suvcrsmlIhs,"
by De- Washington Matthews Ar m shell o. the
Ancient Americans, Oy w L. HO'ii0'' "uu %'li
tilCnIs' ny rsI l Major Powell says: 1.-THE results
nj, aimed py Mr Cus.uL's explorations In ZuuI nave
beer worthy of the industry and dDlhty, the courage
aud sef.denal Win whlcl thcy nave Deeh prosecuted
have been brought 10 ~ sn deas many scoVcrcJ a6
TTaIsilIrl sI 70 The Bureal. noticeable puiul
I'm the uaer Is the elaborate and systcuu2td relation
snltusls the animal gods, and Oner supernatural beings
having animal orcJmJined animal aud uun IA psrs }L-
tiles. This constitutes t|elslt -OcCS VIZ an eltO'
rae hierarchy ana regulated dJmdl' powers ana obi
galIous. Sacu uIuUteuess II muuuOrMlty as well as
precision OF he belief and ceIe!nJu stated wal b.
surprising not only to persons VINO nave Osen taught
the DID ncliOu Indians mono hcsn out 10 tnOso
who nave REGARDED his religious PM'osVPAy as vague
anJ ',o snng has discovered about fifteen miles from
the y ge OF BardeJO a long luc OF cdyCrns used by
flt .uce> tors of Tho Zuuls IN prehistoric times aS
sacricl depOsiJOTIus From these yarns Nh Cushing
has 90 aimed more Judn 1000 ancient relics comprising
Nrtl-preseTytd sacrhcal "plulnc.,uChs' Convention
ally decorated prdyer-sIaJs OF Other taDies, bows,
sTows UasAew0rk and other fabrics OF enc prehistoric
lnnautanjs Of the valley. Among these reHcs 1lr
Il Gushing found ancient cigarettes Of ana
leaves which 20 10 that the Gig rettc
the tiuu, was Am rlcau Origin. Major Powell calls
sfrc,ion 10 the eX maze By james Stevenson
In Me- Mexico and Arizona, and 10 tue superb cOlec-
ZION COMPRISING 800 specimens OF objects Illustrative
OF Indian ic wuloI Dir. eyenson mas made described
and catalogued These explorations, Major Powell says,
have secured only just III time ana deposited Tor
Drraurn study mat rails necessary to understand
Inc life and history OF "a most interesting BODY Of
people"