THe AmericAN Museum JOouRNAL 
VoLUME XV MARCH, 1915 NUMBER 3 
Cover, Kwakiutl Indian Dance 
Copyright photograph by Mr. E. S. Curtis 
| PESTS 2 Sua (ota: Tas 2a ig Ogee eae LS eae, AM ee MME Ee tre) 90 
Mr. Wit S. Taytor, Mural Artist 
Mr. E. W. Demine, Painter of the American Indian 
ReEAR-ADMIRAL ROBERT E. PEARY 
Str Douciuas Mawson 
Pimtenicualinaram ances: >)... Sd... ook Roca u uw a eee oa eke Rosert H. Lowrie 95 
With a four-page insert in sepia of photographs as follows: 
Dancing asa Cure TOM GHeEnSiGks.. i, a. sree cone eves ainsi avehev elie nia Wiz S. Taytor 
From mural painting in American Museum 
Scene from Buffalo Dance, San Ildefonso, 1893....... ....-H. W. DEMING 
Buffalo Dance of Mandan Indians, 1832 
After painting by Bodmer 
Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon.................... E. S. Curtis 
indian Wances. in. fhe Southwest. ...2. eccn. eee ae HERBERT J. SPINDEN 103 
This article and the preceding are illustrated by various remarkable photographs not hereto- 
fore published, including several taken by E. W. Deming in South Dakota twenty-six years 
ago — when Sitting Bull was alive 
‘The: Conversation of John: Mimi. 2.25.0 25. 5 os oe MELVILLE B. ANDERSON 117 
‘Whitt sstetamssoi ii the Arctic. . 26.6. 26d cite « oes Burt M. McConnetu 123 
Illustrated with map showing extent of unexplored land in North Polar regions and various 
points of activity of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 
The Geographical Results of the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition 
W. L. G. Jorre 129 
With sketch map of the south-central part of the Amazon drainage system showing the newly 
discovered Rio Theodoro 
Daniel\Giraud Eliot — A- Biographical Sketch.............6.0..26e ene e ness 133 
Dr. Elliot’s personal collection of birds in 1869 formed the nucleus of the Museum’s later riches 
and his purchases and gifts laid the foundation of the great department of mammals and 
birds 
ICES LETTIR NCES ey 928 ee ohare ce Bn oe eee rte ee ee 141 
Mary Cyntuia Dickerson, Editor 
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July 16, 1894. 
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