1916] The Ottawa Naturalist. 159 



A. A. Goldenweiser, Instructor in Anthropology, Columbia Uni- 

 versity, New York City. 



" Chronological Relations of Coastal Algonkin Culture" 

 were discussed by Alanson Skinner, American Museum of 

 Natural History. 



"The Huron- Wyandot Clans," and "The Growth of the 

 Tsimshian Phratries," were the subjects given by Mr. C. M. 

 Barbeau, Geological Survey of Canada. 



"Herb Medicine Practices of the North-eastern Algonkins" 

 were discussed by Dr. Frank G. Speck, Assistant Professor of 

 Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania. 



" Tribes of the Pacific Coast" were described by Dr. A. L. 

 Kroeber, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of 

 California. 



"Cayuga Ownership of New York Land" was the subject 

 of a paper presented by -Miss Grace Ellis Taft. 



"Recent Developments in the Study of Indian Music" 

 were discussed by Miss Franc: s Densmore, Special Investigator 

 in Indian Music for the Bureau of American Ethnology. 



"Pictures of the Eskimo Culture near Cape Farewell, 

 South Greenland," illustrated with shdes, was the title of a 

 paper given by Wilham Thalbitzer, Copenhagen, Denmark. 



"Comparative Study of Pawnee and Blackfoot Rituals" 

 was the subject of a paper sent by Dr. Clark Wissler, Curator 

 of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. 



The Aleutian Language was compared with the Green- 

 landic by William Thalbitzer, Copenhagen, Denmark. 



"Prehistoric Sites in the State of Maine" were described 

 b}^ Warren K. Moorehead, Curator, Department of Archaeo- 

 logy, Phillips Academy. 



"La Vinland — sa localisation probable," was the title of 

 a paper read by Alphonse Gagnon, Secretary, Department of 

 Public Works and Labor, Quebec Provincial Government. 



"Indications of Visits of White Men to America before 

 Columbtis," illustrated with shdes, was discussed by Wilham 

 H. Babcock. 



Rev. A. G. Morice, O.M.I., St. Boniface, Manitoba, Harlan 

 I. Smith, Geological Survey of Canada, M. Alphonse Gagnon, 

 of Quebec, and Dr. Edward Sapir, Geological Survey of Can- 

 ada, each acted as secretary for a session of the meetings, 



On Wednesday e' ening a reception was gi-en by the re- 

 gents and sec etary of the Smithsonian Institution to the Con- 

 gress of Americanists and afhliated societies at the United 

 States National Museum, and on Thursday e\ ening a dinner 

 was tendered to the members of the Congress by the organizing 

 committee and local members of the Congress at the Cosmos Club. 



