1900] Pro P atria 



not have diverged far from the primitive, patriarchal 

 type of the modern Caucasian. In earlier days they 

 occupied not only Hokkaido but most of the main mvaders 

 island and Kyushyu as well, from which regions 

 they were driven out and back by the invading 

 hosts of the Yamato tribe of the west. From those 

 long-headed, relatively white people are descended the 

 present aristocratic strains of Japan, and there is 

 some evidence derived from ancient paintings and 

 statuettes that they too were Aryans allied to the 

 Greeks, though since mixed with Chinese and Malay 

 elements, and farther north, with Manchus. 1 



But the prehistoric Ainus evidently made a vigor- Ainu 

 ous defense against the invaders, for the word he 

 " outpost" appears in the names of various north- 

 ern towns, marking each Yamato advance. Thus 

 Ichinohe is "first stand" or outpost; Sannohe, 

 ''third stand"; Shichinohe, "seventh stand"; Hack- 

 inohe, "eighth stand"; all being towns in the piov- 

 ince of Mutsu, of which Aomori is chief city. So it 

 seems to me (who have made some study of such 

 matters) that continued conflict must have destroyed 

 the independent and aggressive elements among the 

 Ainus, leaving only the inert and submissive to father 

 succeeding generations. In any case, the 20,000 or 

 more that now remain, gentle, idle, and given to 

 drink, comprise a failing race unable to hold its own 

 against Japanese competition. 



In Japan I was asked whether I thought it best to 

 have them cared for by the state, ultimately to dis- 

 appear of sheer inanition, or to allow them to shift 



1 According to Dr. Hara the testimony as to Aryan relationship is not 

 conclusive. "That the Japanese race is far from homogeneous is absolutely 

 certain, but whence the Yamatos came and when they reached the islands no 

 one knows." 



C 59 3 



