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Show FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BTJREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. BY J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR. INTRODUCTORY. The prosecution of ethnological researches among the North American Indians, as directed by act of Congress, was continued during the fiscal year 1882-' 83. The plan has been pursued, as explained in previous reports, of employing scholars trained - in the special researches contemplated to conduct the necessary investigations and present results for publication. In the following pages will be found an account of the particular character of the work of each person engaged therein, though it should be noted that all of these are, at times, diverted from the special works mentioned to combine their exertions for purposes regarded as of immediate general importance. Some of the lines of study require both prolonged compilation and exhaustive discussion, and delays occur by ascertained necessity for renewed research on points of difficulty. Hence some of the work reported, especially in the linguistic division and in that of ethnic classification inseparably connected with it, though nearly completed, and 4n some instances advanced to the extent of stereotyping, remains unpublished. The attempt to stimulate and guide research on the part of collaborators not officially connected with the Bureau has also been continued. Results of value have been obtained through xxvii |
