THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



source of all things, the ruler of the stars and of the universe in 

 general. During their religious ceremonies an especial place is 

 kept for him in the tent beside the fire, which is too holy for any 

 one to dare to step upon, but which one honors through gentle 

 touching with the finger tips. 



It is entirely impossible to give in our contracted space an 

 adequate idea of the full programme of the Americanists' Con- 

 gress, and the scientific discussions of the Indian picture-writing, 

 migrations, languages, customs, traditions, musical and artistic 

 accomplishments etc. It may suffice to state that, in spite of 

 the five days which the Congress lasted, only about two-thirds of 

 the 105 papers which were presented could be read in full or even 

 in abstract, the remainder being read onl}^ by title. On account 

 of the multifarious duties of the Secretary of the Congress and 

 the early date at which it was necessary to put the foregoing re- 

 port into shape, it has been made up from newspaper accounts 

 and other sources and does not lay claim to any degree of fulness. 

 About 150 members were present at the various sessions of the 

 Congress and the international character of the convention may 

 be judged from the fact that delegates from twenty difterent 

 nations were present. During the week following the sessions of 

 the Congress the foreign members in attendance were the guests 

 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. on an excursion which included 

 visits to Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburg, "Fort Ancient" 

 (in southern Ohio) and Chicago. Everywhere the Americanists 

 were received with the greatest hospitality, and in Washington 

 were given a rece])tion by President Roosevelt. 



NEWS NOTES. 



OUR expeditions were sent out by the Department 

 of Vertebrate Palaeontology during the summer 

 season of 1902. The first went into the region 

 north of Miles City, Montana, seeking for the re- 

 mains of horned Dinosaurs, under the direction 

 chiefly of Bamum Brown, associated with Prof. R. S. Lull of 



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