158 The Ottawa Naturalist. [March 



CANADIAN ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE WASHINGTON 



MEETINGS. 



By Harlan I. Smith, Geological Survey, Canada. 



The 19th International Congress of Americanists met in 

 Washington from December 27th to 31st, 1915, in afhliation 

 with the American Anthropological Association, the American 

 Folk-lore Society, Section I of the "Pan-American Scientific 

 Congress," the American Historical Association, and the Archaeo- 

 logical Institute of America. The meetings were chiefly held 

 in the large auditorium of the United States National Museum, 

 but branch ineetings were held in one of the small lecture halls, 

 and one session was held at Georgetown University, followed 

 by a demonstration of Rare Americana and other objects, and 

 a reception under the auspices of the University. 



The programme was unusually full, so that it is possible here 

 to refer only to the titles of papers relating to Canada, or on 

 general subjects touching Canadian problems, and to indicate 

 the part taken in the meetings by Canadian representatives. 



"The Culture of a Prehistoric Iroquoian Site in Eastern 

 Ontario," was presented by W. J. Wintemberg, of the Geolo- 

 gical Survey of Canada. 



"Archaeological Work in Northern Nova Scotia," illus- 

 trated with slides; and "Remarkable Stone Sculptures from 

 Yale, B.C.," illustrated with slides, were presented by Harlan 

 I. Smith, Geological Survey of Canada. 



"The Beaver Indians" were described by Dr. Pliny Earle 

 Goddard, Ctirator of Ethnology, American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York. 



"Earl}^ Jesuit Missions in North America" was the sub- 

 ject of a paper by Rev. John O'Cono", F.X., S.J. 



"Le verbe dans les adjectives et les adverbs Portetu's" 

 was the title of a paper presented by Father A. G. Morice, O.M .1., 

 St. Boniface, Manitoba. 



"The League of the Iroquois" was described by Mr. J. N. 

 B. Hewitt, Bureau of American Ethnology. 



"Preliminary Remarks on the Skeletal Material collected 

 by the Jesup Expedition, especially on the Pacific Coast of 

 Canada," were made by Dr. Bruno Oetteking, American Museum 

 of Natural History. 



"Terms of Relationship and the Levirate" were discussed 

 by Dr. E. Sapir, Geological Survey of Canada. 



"A critique on The Diffusion of Culture," and a paper on 

 "Totemic Complexes in North America," were given b}^ Dr. 



