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North Pacific coast. Other tribes of this stock Hve far to the 

 east and south, and their culture is more closely related to that 

 of the tribes east of the Rocky Mountains. Researches among 

 them are being carried on by Mr. James Teit, who already has 

 done much excellent work for the Museum. 



During the present year, work has also been taken up among 

 the northern Athabascans, who up to the present time have been 

 practically unknown. Collections and inquiries among the east- 

 em Eskimo, in Hudson Bay and Baffin Land, which were begun 

 several years ago, are still in progress. 



Much work has been done toward the formation of an ex- 

 hibit of the types of man found in aboriginal America. The 

 collections that have been made consist of skulls, skeletons, 

 photographs and plaster casts. Great weight has been laid par- 

 ticularly on the last feature, because this seems the only feasible 

 method of permanently preserving the vanishing type of the 

 American natives. Collections of types from the North Pacific 

 coast, California, Dakota, Smith Sound, New York, Mexico, the 

 Southwest, Siberia and Japan are in the Museum. A special 

 report of work in this line, done by Dr. Hrdlicka, will be found 

 on another page of this number of the Journal. 



The field work of the Jesup North Pacific expedition, which 

 has occupied a large share of the attention of the Department 

 for several years, will be finished during the present summer. 

 The object of the expedition was a thorough exploration of the 

 tribes of the North Pacific coast, both in Asia and America, 

 with a view of determining the complex history of this area and 

 the early relations between the tribes of Asia and America. The 

 collections of this expedition, in which twelve scientists have 

 taken part, are very exhaustive, and cover the whole area from 

 the Columbia river in America to the Amur river in Asia. In 

 April last Mr.Waldemar Jochelson completed his difficult journey 

 from Gishiga, on the Sea of Okhotsk, to Yakutsk. His reports 

 were received in August. He writes " Our journey from Gishiga 

 to Verchne-Kolymsk, occupied 56 days. We left Gishiga Aug. 

 15 and reached Verchne-Kolymsk Oct. 9, 1901. This was the 

 most difficult journey I have ever undertaken. The trail as far 



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