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these visits they may have gone farther, or come in contact with 

 natives who taught them the art of tattooing, etc., for which this 

 tribe is so well known.* 



I present this statement for what it may be worth, though the 

 fact that tattooed Indians \vere not met with seems rather curious. 

 The general similarity of the extensive tattoo marks and other or- 

 namentation between the natives of the South Pacific and the 

 Haidas, is certainly remarkable, and has been observed by others. f 



There is no historic evidence that the former inhabitants of the 

 islands opposite Santa Barbara, viz: Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San 

 Miguel, and Anacapa, ever practiced tattooing; but from the dis- 

 covery of several relics a short time since, I am led to believe that 

 the custom prevailed. In the collection of Mr. C. W. Clarke, |. of 

 Santa Barbara, I found several specimens of what appeared to be un- 

 finished tubular pipes ; that is, round and slightly conical specimens 



* There is an old woman still living near Port Townsend, W. T. , a member of 

 the Klallam tribe, who states thatmany years ago she made an overland tripto San 

 Francisco Bay, with other Indians who were in the habit of travelling to that locality 

 at stated times. The accurate description of the physical pecularities of the in- 

 tervening country, as given, before the time of permanent settlement by the whites, 

 the hardships endured, and the dangers with which such a journey was accom- 

 plished, give the story more than ordinary interest. Judge James G. Swan, of 

 Port Townsend, also possesses facts relative to this subject, which appear indis- 

 putable. 



I In the Compte-Rendu de lacinquieme session du Congres International des 

 Americanistes, Copenhagen for 1883, and published in 1884, I find the following 

 remarks (p. 323) in the discussion of M. Stolpe's pajier Sur I'Art ornamentaire 

 des peuples Americains, viz : 



" M. Reiss : Wenn ich von den Beziehungen sprach, welche zwischen der 

 Ornamentik der Haida's und jener der Siidseeinsulaner augenscheinlich bestehen, 

 so wollte ich damit in keiner Weise eine Fornienidentitat feststellen, sondern nur 

 darauf hinweisen, dass wir bald in ganzen Gedankengang, bald in Einzelnheiten 

 der Ornamentik merkwiirdige Analogien bei diesen raiimlich so weit getrennten 

 Volkern finden ; Analogien und Aehnlichkeiten, welche voile Beachtung und 

 eingehende Untersuchung verdienen. 



" M. Stolpe remanjue qu'il est bien regrettable que Ton connaisse si peu I'or- 

 namentation des iles orientales de la mer du Sud. Cependant, tenant compte de 

 tout ce qu'on sait de ces iles par les voyages de Cook, ainsi que par des pieces 

 qui se trouvent dans les musees ethnographiques, il ne saurait se ranger a I'avis de 

 M. Keiss que Fart ornamentaire, soit pour le caractere, soit pour le contenu, est 

 le niC-me dans les iles du Pacifique que sur la cote nord-ouest de I'Amerique." 

 t A gentleman possessing an excellent collection of antitpiities from the islands. 



