Ethnography of Micronesia. |2. 



to that island. They had their wives and children with them, so 

 their number was over sixty. They lived near the village Tanapag, 

 which is over two miles north-east of the village Garapan. They 

 consisted of more than ten families and lived in the same way 

 as in their native islands. 



3. I observed the Chamorros living on Saipan. It is probable 

 that they were originally natives of the Mariana Islands. So they 

 are also found on Guam. Of the islands under Japanese occupa- 

 tion Yap is the only place where they are living near villages of 

 the aboriginal tribe. We not only noticed that they have a com- 

 paratively large share of European blood in their veins, but also 

 that their language, which was originally allied to that of the 

 Tagal in the Philippine Islands, contains a very large number of 

 Spanish words. Besides, we observe that they differ from the 

 natives of the Caroline Islands in their physical characters. 



4. The Caroline and Marshall Islanders are the most important 

 tribes on the islands occupied by Japan. They not only inhabit 

 the Caroline and Marshall groups, but the settlers of the former 

 are also found on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. These tribes 

 are called Kanakas on Truk, Saipan, Jaluit and other islands. The 

 name Kanaka signifies " men " in the Polynesian language, and was 

 originally applied only to the Polynesians. But later Kanaka came 

 to cover the natives of Polynesia as well as of Melanesia, with no 

 regard to ethnological distinctions. It is, therefore, possible that 

 the important tribes on the islands now under our occupation also 

 got tliis name under the same circumstances. It might, however, 

 be considered tlifit since in the classification of races these tribes 

 are frequently placed in the Polynesian family, the word Kanaka, 

 another name for Polynesians, came to be used also as the name 

 for the native? of Micronesia. 



