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An effort is being made to have this ancient work enclosed in 

 a state, county or township park. The land, now worth per- 

 haps less than ^lo an acre, can easily be secured. If neglected, 

 the road to be built on the line between sections 33 and 34 will 

 probably destroy the work. 



Dr. John R. Swanton reported some results of his investiga- 

 tions into the mythology and origin of the Haida Indians of 

 northern British Columbia. The whole Haida people is divided 

 into two clans. Raven and Eagle, each of which is strictly exo- 

 gamic with descent in the female line, and has its own crests, 

 its own names, its independent traditional centers of origin. 

 Each is subdivided into a number of families. The Raven clan 

 traces its origin from a single legendary ancestress, who is re- 

 puted to have emerged from the waters with the Haida island. 

 Some families of that clan, however, trace their descent from 

 other sources. The Eagle clan has much less traditional unity 

 of origin, and there are certain indications in the tradition that 

 this clan is of foreign origin or at least has received considerable 

 admixture of foreign blood. One important fact that seems to 

 point to the Raven clan as the indigenous element is the great 

 preponderance of Ravens among the supernatural beings of the 

 island. 



R. S. WOODWORTH, 



Secretary. 

 BUSINESS MEETING. 



February 3, 1902. 



Academy met at 8:20 P. M., President Woodward presiding. 



The Secretary reported from the Council as follows : 



That the Council had nominated the three following Honorary 

 Members, to be voted upon at the forthcoming Annual Meeting. 



James Dewar, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor of 

 Experimental Philosophy, University of Cambridge, England. 



William James, M.D., LL.D., Ph.D., Litt.D., Professor of 

 Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 



Wilhelm Wundt, Ph.D., M.D., Professor of Philosophy, Uni- 

 versity of Leipzig, Germany. 



