In case of serious difficulty, I could not actually count upon the backing of any one above the official with whom I then was dealing.
Upon the Guatemala expedition, which took place in January-March, 1896, my only companion was Mr.Ernst Lux, whose knowledge of the language, the country, and the people was of the utmost value.

As the result of that journey, my vacations through a period of four years were devoted to this field of research.

The first field expedition covered the period from November, 1897, to the end of March, 1898; the plan of work included the visiting of a dozen or more tribes, with interpreter, photographer, and plaster-worker; the success of the plan depended upon others.

Dr.W.D.Powell was to serve as interpreter, Mr.Bedros Tatarian as photographer; at the last moment the plans regarding the plaster-worker failed; arrived in the field, Dr.Powell was unable to carry out his contract; the photographic work disintegrated, and failure stared us in the face.

Reorganization took place.