In the spring of 1906 Mr. Robert F. Cummings of this city expressed 

 his intention of providing the Field Museum of Natural History with 

 funds to defray the expenses of an extended series of Ethnological 

 investigations in the Philippine Islands. 



Working under this liberal endowment the following expeditions 

 lhave been in the field : 



In 1906 Mr. S. C. Simms visited the Igorot of Benguet, Lepanto 

 Jand Bontoc, and the Ifugao of Nueva Viscaya. During 1907-8 Mr. 

 fF. C. Cole worked among the Tinguian, Apayao and Kalinga tribes of 

 "Northern Luzon, and the Batak of Palawan. 



The late Dr. William Jones reached the Philippines in the fall of 

 1907 and proceeded to the Ilongot of the Upper Cagayan river, Luzon. 

 After residing a year in that district he was murdered by members of 

 a hostile village. Following Dr. Jones' death Mr. Simms returned to 

 the Philippines, secured the material gathered by Dr. Jones and com- 

 pleted the Igorot and Ifugao collections, visiting for this purpose the 

 Mayayao and Amburayan Igorot, in addition to certain points touched 

 on the first expedition. 



In the fall of 1909 Mr. Cole returned to the Islands and devoted 

 nearly two years to the study of the pigmy blacks of Bataan province, 

 the Bukidnon of North Central Mindanao, and the several tribes 

 residing about the Gulf of Davao in Southern Mindanao. 



While the primary object of these expeditions was to gather museum 

 collections, much time was given to the study of the mental and material 

 culture, as well as of the language, folklore and anthropometry of 

 the tribes visited. The results of these studies will appear from time to 

 time in the Anthropological Series of this Museum. The present paper 

 forms the first issue of Mr. Cole's researches. 



George A. Dorsey. 



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