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Show CHARACTERIZATION OF ACCOMPANYING PAPERS SUBJECTS TREATED Nine memoirs are appended to this report. The first of these is a comparative study of aboriginal mythology, illustrated by the myths of the Cherokee. The author, Mr Mooney, has spent several years in researches among the Cherokee and other tribes, and has amassed a large body of information concerning their activities; and the accompanying memoir is one of a number in which the results are incorporated, two or three of these bejng nearly ready for publication. The second paper is a compilation of Tusayan migration traditions collected and interpreted by Dr Fewkes; this, too, being one of a number of productions by its author, others of which are well advanced in preparation. To it the third paper, by Mr Mindeleff, is complementary. This author spent several years in researches in the Pueblo country, and his sketch of Tusayan migrations, with special reference to the localization of clans in the pueblos, represents one of the final products of his work. The fourth paper, treating of mounds in northern Honduras, is the contribution of a valued correspondent. It deals with a little- known region in which the archaeologic record is of exceptional interest and such as to throw much light on the attributes of the ancient aborigines of various North American districts. The fifth and seventh papers together represent the results of long- continued researches in the Bureau, conducted by Dr Thomas; the former relating to the highly interesting calendar systems of ancient Yucatan, and the latter to the numeral system of the Mexican and Central American tribes. Both are based largely on codices and other inscriptions, as well as on molded and sculptured glyphs, which during recent years have been piade accessible to students through numerous XXXV |