Picture-Writing of the American Indians Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822

"Picture-Writing of the American Indians" by Garrick Mallery is a detailed study about the picture-based communication of different American Indian tribes. This study looks into the meaning and techniques of their picture writing, also known as pictographs. The author wants to fully explain these drawings by looking at their cultural background, the materials used to make them, and how they connect to Native American languages and customs. At the start, the book has introductory letters that explain how the study fits into the research done by the Bureau of Ethnology in 1888-89. It mentions how the report is organized and thanks the people who helped with the fieldwork and research on pictographs. Mallery hopes to build on earlier works and help people better understand this special way that Native American cultures communicated.