Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology; 1910-1911

THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
                                     OF THE
                          BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY

                                     TO THE
                    SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION


                                   1910–1911


                                   WASHINGTON
                           GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
                                      1918








    LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL


    Smithsonian Institution,
        Bureau of American Ethnology,
            Washington, D. C., August 17, 1911.


    Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the Thirty-second Annual
    Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, comprising an account
    of the operations of the bureau during the fiscal year ended
    June 30, 1911.

    Permit me to express my appreciation of your aid in the work under
    my charge.


        Very respectfully, yours,

            F. W. Hodge,
                Ethnologist-in-Charge.

            Dr. Charles D. Walcott,
                Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.







CONTENTS


REPORT OF THE ETHNOLOGIST-IN-CHARGE

                                                             Page
    Systematic researches                                       9
    Special researches                                         24
    Publications                                               29
    Illustrations                                              30
    Library                                                    31
    Property                                                   32
    Recommendations                                            32

ACCOMPANYING PAPER

    Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths; collected by
    Jeremiah Curtin and J. N. B. Hewitt; edited by
    J. N. B. Hewitt                                        37

    Index                                                 815







THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY

F. W. Hodge, Ethnologist-in-Charge


The operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1911, conducted in accordance with the provisions of the
act of Congress approved June 25, 1910, authorizing the continuation of
ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of
Hawaii, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, were
carried forward in accordance with the plan of operation approved by
the Secretary June 15, 1910.




SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES

The systematic ethnological researches of the bureau were continued
during the year with the regular scientific staff, consisting of nine
ethnologists, as follows: Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist-in-charge; Mr.
James Mooney, Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, Mrs. Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Mr. J.
N. B. Hewitt, Dr. John R. Swanton, Dr. Truman Michelson, Dr. Paul
Radin, and Mr. Francis La Flesche. In addition, the services of several
specialists in their respective fields were enlisted for special work,
as follows:

Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist, with several assistants, for
research in connection with the preparation and publication of the
Handbook of American Indian Languages.

Miss Alice C. Fletcher and Mr. Francis La Flesche, for the final
revision of the proofs of their monograph on the Omaha Indians for
publication in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report.

Miss Frances Densmore, for researches in Indian music.

Mr. J. P. Dunn, for studies of the tribes of the Middle West.

Mr. John P. Harrington, for researches among the Mohave Indians of the
Colorado Valley.

Rev. Dr. George P. Donehoo, for investigations in the history,
geography, and ethnology of the tribes of Pennsylvania for
incorporation in the Handbook of American Indians.

Mr. William R. Gerard, for studies of the etymology of Algonquian place
and tribal names and of terms that have been incorporated in the
English language, for use in the same work.

Prof. H. M. Ballou, for bibliographic research in connection with the
compilation of the List of Works Relating to Hawaii.

Mr. James R. Murie, for researches pertaining to the ethnology of the
Pawnee Indians.

The systematic ethnological researches by members of the regular staff
of the bureau may be summarized as follows:

Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist-in-charge, in addition to conducting the
administrative work of the bureau, devoted attention, with the
assistance of Mrs. Frances S. Nichols, to the final revision of the
remaining proofs of part 2 of the Handbook of American Indians
(Bulletin 30), which was published in January, 1911. This work met with
so great popular demand that the edition of the two parts became
exhausted immediately after publication, causing the bureau much
embarrassment owing to the thousands of requests that it has not been
possible to supply. To meet this need in part, the Senate, on May 12,
adopted a concurrent resolution authorizing the reprinting of the
entire handbook, and at the close of the fiscal year the resolution was
under consideration by the Committee on Printing of the House of
Representatives.