58 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



THE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OF THE JESUP NORTH 

 PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



ijURING the year 1905 several important parts of 

 the scientific results of the Jesup North Pacific 

 Expedition were published under the editor- 

 ship of Professor Franz Boas, who has had the 

 direction of all the work. 



Volume III, Part 3. Kwakiutl Texts. By Franz Boas and 

 George Hunt. 



This number closes the volume containing* the Kwakiutl 

 texts recorded by Mr. George Hunt and revised and edited 

 by Professor Boas. The volume is almost entirely devoted 

 to. traditions relating to the ceremonies and the families 

 of this important group of Indians. These traditions, which 

 are numerous, are remarkably uniform, and they explain the 

 large collection of ceremonial objects collected for the Mu- 

 seum. The traditions resemble those of the coast tribes living 

 farther north, and they account for family and tribal privileges. 

 The style of the text is diffuse, but has been preserved because 

 the stories contain many data relating to the every-day life of 

 the tribe. 



Volume V, Part i. Contributions to the Ethnology of the 

 Haida. By John R. Swanton. 



Dr. Swanton 's work among the Haida of the Queen Charlotte 

 Islands was undertaken in co-operation with the United States 

 Bureau of Ethnology with the understanding that the ethno- 

 logical results were to be published by the Jesup North Pacific 

 Expedition. The deities of the Haida are divided into two 

 groups in the same way as the tribe themselves; those of the 

 Raven and the Eagle. Regarding the tribal clans the interesting 

 conclusion is reached that according to the ideas of the Haida 

 the Raven clan is indigenous to the islands, while the Eagle 

 clan may possibly be descendants of emigrants from the main 

 land. 



The principal crests of the families, which represent certain 

 prerogatives, are for the Raven clan, the killer whale and grisly 

 bear, for the Eagle clan, the eagle and the beaver. Some 

 of the totem poles which are such a familiar sight to tourists in 



