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the affirmative by him. Dr. Hays expressed regret that any 

 misunderstanding should have occurred as to what was said, 

 but it was natural!}^ accounted for by the fact that an old 

 desk, which had been used by the late Mr. Phillips when 

 Librarian, had been recently assigned to one of the mem- 

 bers of the Societ}^ for the custody of his papers. Finding 

 this facsimile of the copy of the Declaration of Independence 

 in one of th*=i drawers, he assumed that it should be handed 

 to the Curators, to be deposited in the Cabinet, instead of to 

 the Librarian. This difference of opinion as to the proper 

 disposition of the paper had led to the original discussion of 

 which a brief abstract was given in the minute referred to. 



The rough minutes were then read, and the Societ}^ was 

 adjourned by the presiding officer. 



THE LINGUISTIC CARTOGRAPHY OF THE 

 CHACO REGION. 



BY DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D. 



(Mead October 7, ISDS.) 



Contents. — Introductory — Recent Contributions < . the Linguis- 

 tics of theCliaco — The Mataco Linguistic Stock — x'he Guaycuru 

 Stock — The Tupi Stock — The Samucu Stock — The Ennima Stock 

 — The Arawack Stock — The Quechua Stock — The Lule Stock — 

 Groups of Uncertain Affinities — The Lenguas (Timbues) — The 

 Chanas — The Charuas and Querandies — The Payaguas — The Caca- 

 nas and Calchiquis — Other Unidentified Tribes — Bibliographic 

 Note — List of Ethnographic Maps. 



Introductory. 



In mapping the areas of American aboriginal languages there is 

 a vast region in South America which has been peculiarly perplex- 

 ing, and in several respects so remains. 



