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First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 By: Various |
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of the BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879 '80 by J. W. POWELL
Director
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WASHINGTON
Government Printing Office
1881
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Bureau of Ethnology,
Washington, D.C., July, 1880. Prof. SPENCER F. BAIRD,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ,
Washington, D.C. : SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the first annual report of
the operations of the Bureau of Ethnology. By act of Congress, an appropriation was made to continue researches in
North American anthropology, the general direction of which was confided
to yourself. As chief executive officer of the Smithsonian Institution,
you entrusted to me the immediate control of the affairs of the Bureau.
This report, with its appended papers, is designed to exhibit the
methods and results of my administration of this trust. If any measure of success has been attained, it is largely due to
general instructions received from yourself and the advice you have ever
patiently given me on all matters of importance. I am indebted to my assistants, whose labors are delineated in the
report, for their industry; hearty co operation, and enthusiastic love
of the science. Only through their zeal have your plans been executed. Much assistance has been rendered the Bureau by a large body of
scientific men engaged in the study of anthropology, some of whose names
have been mentioned in the report and accompanying papers, and others
will be put on record when the subject matter of their writings is fully
published. I am, with respect, your obedient servant, J. W. POWELL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.
Page. Introductory xi
Bibliography of North American philology, by J. C. Pilling xv
Linguistic and other anthropologic researches,
by J. O. Dorsey xvii
Linguistic researches, by S. R. Riggs xviii
Linguistic and general researches among the Klamath
Indians, by A. S. Gatschet xix
Studies among the Iroquois, by Mrs. E. A. Smith xxii
Work by Prof. Otis T. Mason xxii
The study of gesture speech, by Brevet Lieut. Col.
Garrick Mallery xxiii
Studies on Central American picture writing,
by Prof. E. S. Holden xxv
The study of mortuary customs, by Dr. H. C. Yarrow xxvi
Investigations relating to cessions of lands by Indian
tribes to the United States, by C. C. Royce xxvii
Explorations by Mr. James Stevenson xxx
Researches among the Wintuns, by Prof. J. W. Powell xxxii
The preparation of manuals for use in American research xxxii
Linguistic classification of the North American tribes xxxiii
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS.
Page. ON THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE, BY J. W. POWELL. Process by combination 3
Process by vocalic mutation 5
Process by intonation 6
Process by placement 6
Differentiation of the parts of speech 8 SKETCH OF THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, BY J. W. POWELL. The genesis of philosophy 19
Two grand stages of philosophy 21
Mythologic philosophy has four stages 29
Outgrowth from mythologic philosophy 33
The course of evolution in mythologic philosophy 38
Mythic tales 43
The C[)i]n aú äv Brothers discuss matters of importance
to the Utes 44
Origin of the echo 45
The So´ kûs Wai´ ûn ats 47
Ta vwots has a fight with the sun 52 WYANDOT GOVERNMENT, BY J... Continue reading book >>
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