''t^ f Pec. 19. 



Batavian Society, with the inscription: — societas . art . 



SCIENT . BAT . IN . MEMORIAM . I . SAEC . FEL . CLAUSI . 



in a wreath, and around the margin a. p. vni . x . mai . 



MDCCLXXVIII — MDCCCLXXLVIII . On the reverse,;! palm, 



labeled on its trunk %; mountains in the background; 

 marginal legend : ten nutte van't gemeen batavia's 



GENOOTSCHAP. 



Mr. Chase communicated a note on the Sun's apparent 

 diameter and the nebular origin of the terrestrial day. 



Dr. Horn communicated two papers: 1. "A monographic 

 revision of the species of Cremastochilus of the United 

 States ;" 2. " A Synopsis of the JEuphoridce of the United 

 States." "With one plate. 



Mr. Hale gave an interesting verbal account of his ac- 

 quaintance with the various Indian tribes collected on the 

 Canadian reservation at Brantford, east of London, Upper 

 Canada; of the most distinguished surviving chief of the 

 Six Nations, Sakayenkwaraton (disappearing mist), known 

 to the English as John S. (smoke) Johnson, now 87 years old. 

 His son, Chief George Johnson, bears the official title of the 

 one of the original 50 council chiefs whom he represents. 



Mr. Hale described the formation of the confederation, 

 three centuries ago, and testified to the accuracy of Mr. 

 Morgan's history of it. 



He then described the Book of Bites, which after two cen- 

 turies of verbal tradition was reduced to writing by some 

 one connected with the early missions. Two copies exist, and 

 Mr. Hale is obtaining a translation of it. It is the only 

 known American aboriginal piece of literature, north of 

 Mexico. It has many archaic words, and is engrossed, in an 

 old-fashioned current English hand, in a common school- 

 boy's copy book. 



He then described the Wampum belts of the confedera- 

 tion, partly preserved by the Onondagas in New York, and 

 partly among the Indians in Canada. 



He also told of his discovery that the Tutelos were not an 

 Iroquois tribe, but were allied to the Dakotalis or Sioux of 



