First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-'80

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell On the Evolution of Language by J. W. Powell Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J. W. Powell Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society by J. W. Powell On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J. W. Powell A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow Studies in Central American Picture-Writing by Edward S. Holden Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States by C. C. Royce Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples and Deaf-mutes by Garrick Mallery Catalogue of Linguistic Manuscripts in the Library of the Bureau of Ethnology by James C. Pilling Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages from the manuscripts of Messrs. J. O. Dorsey, A. S. Gatschet, and S. R. Riggs