Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1913-1914: Part 1, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921 |
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Common terms and phrases
âEm âlak ǎx ēdxa ǎx'e'dxa basket beach berries boiled canoe cedar-bark cedar-sticks chitons crabapples cuts dāx dried drink eaten ēdxēs elderberries ēt!ēd finger-widths finished fire g·îl g'axe g'îl gî'l'mēsē gîl mese gîl mēsē gwālexs goes gōkwē guests gwał gwała gwälēga fig gwałExs lae hǎ'nx halibut hănx hë mis hëEm hëx idxa kettle klax klēs klēsēs Koskimo lä ǎx ēdxa la'ē la'xa lā'xēs laẽ laē ǎx laE'm laēda laEm laɛ'm laɛm laqēxs lāx lāxa laxaē laxens q!waq!wax lāxēs lexa lExa'ya Ļō maē mēsẽ mēsē gwał mēsē gwālexs laē nāxwa nemē numaym ōba pieces pours puts qa's lä qa's lē qaxs roasted salal-berries salmon sea-eggs shaman side small dish soon split spoons stones tongs ts!āna yēx ts!Edāqē viburnum-berries wālasē waōkwē wāpē wēda wida wila woman takes yasa yasēs yaxs yîxs
Popular passages
Page 31 - In addition to the constant drafts on the library of the bureau requisition was made on the Library of Congress during the year for an aggregate of 300 volumes for official use, and in turn the bureau library was frequently consulted by officers of other Government establishments.
Page 12 - They afford through their geometrical ornamentation, and especially because of the life forms which predominate, an interesting insight into the ancient culture of the Pueblo region to the north and in the Gila Valley to the west. It is Mexican in type, and some of the fragments are practically identical in form and ornamentation with the beautiful pottery from Casas Grandes. Chihuahua. During the year Doctor Fewkes added about 350 pages of manuscript to his report on the aborigines of the West Indies,...
Page 30 - ... concurrent resolution authorizing the reprinting of the Handbook of American Indians was introduced in the Senate and passed on May 11, 1912, and subsequently was favorably reported by the Committee on Printing of the House of Representatives, but it had not been passed at the close of the fiscal year. ILLUSTRATIONS. The preparation of the illustrations for the publications of the bureau and the photographing of the members of visiting delegations of Indians were conducted under the charge of...
Page 21 - Certain pronominal forms and a few numerical terms are identical with the Klamath and Sahaptin forms. In all other respects, chiefly morphological, Kalapooian bears close resemblance to the Coos, Siuslaw, and Yakonan stocks. A particularly close affiliation exists between this and the Coos family in the phonetic structure of words. While the phonetics of both languages are divergent, both are what may be termed vocalic languages and are practically free from any difficult consonantic clusters. The...
Page 17 - One of these parts has to do with the odon, or " honors," won by the warriors in battle. While this ceremony is recorded completely, it is not yet ready for publication, since it is one of seven interdependent degrees the study of which is not yet finished. Wazhingao, the bird ceremony for boys, is another of the seven degrees, and is regarded as important. It has been transcribed in full, but the notes thereon have not yet been elaborated for publication. Zhingazhinga Zhazhe Thadse (naming of a...
Page 17 - This transcription is still, in a measure, fragmentary, but enough has been obtained to give a fair idea of the significance of the tattoo designs employed. The notes on the Wexthexthe are not yet prepared for publication, as there is still a possibility of recording the ceremony in its entirety. A set of the implements used by the Osage in tattooing have been obtained for illustration and have been deposited in the National Museum.
Page 33 - ... inadequate lighting. In addition to the space previously occupied, a room on the fourth floor of the eastern end of the Smithsonian building was assigned temporarily to the bureau for the use of two members of its staff. Office force. — The personnel of the office has remained unchanged, with the exception of the resignation of one messenger boy and the appointment of another. It has been necessary to employ a copyist from time to time in connection with the editing of Byington's Choctaw Dictionary....
Page 25 - ... additional titles for the List of Works Relating to Hawaii, compiled in collaboration with the late Dr. Cyrus Thomas. The material for this bibliography is in the hands of Mr. Felix Neumann for final editorial revision, and it is expected that the entire manuscript will soon be ready for composition. The large collection of manuscripts in possession of the bureau has been in continuous charge of Mr. JNB Hewitt. A few noteworthy additions were made during the year besides those prepared or which...
Page 19 - Work on the Handbook of American Indian Languages was continued under the personal direction and editorship of Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist. Part 2, which is in preparation, is to contain grammatical sketches of the Takelma, Coos, Siuslaw, and Alsea languages of Oregon; the Kutenai, of Montana; and the Chukchee.
Page 30 - ... Library, has been borrowed from the bureau by the Public Library Commission of Indiana for exhibition in the public libraries throughout the State. In the work of the photographic laboratory Mr. Gill was assisted by Mr. Walter J. Stenhouse. LIBRARY. The library of the bureau continued in immediate charge of Miss Ella Leary, librarian, assisted by Mrs. Ella Slaughter. During the year the accessions comprised 562 volumes (of which 129 were purchased) and 244 pamphlets, bringing the total number...