288 FARABEE— THE SOUTH AAIERICAN INDIAN. 



form as the environment. A characterless country is producing a 

 characterless people. The Amazon Valley was the last great region 

 to be occupied by man. There is no evidence of great antiquity 

 either in archaeological remains or in present cultures. The lan- 

 guages spoken show a close relationship with outside groups. The 

 cultures, always first to reveal the effects of a change of environ- 

 ment, show certain similarities, but are decadent in form. 



All the evidence at hand tends to show that the culture of the 

 South American Indian has developed in perfect harmony with his 

 geographic environment. 



UNiraRsiTY OF Pennsylvania, 

 April 14, 1917. 



