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accompanied l)v the lieatint^ of the spht-stick, and the rendition, while 

 not what might he desired, will douhtless he adequate for transcription. 

 They helong to several distinct cycles. Interesting comparisons were 

 drawn hetween the California Indian culture and that of the south- 

 west. The sweathouse is certainly the same as the kiva. The Cali- 



FiG. i_'8. — Aged Mission hidian informant. ( I'liotograpli 

 1)v Harrington.) 



fornia phratries correspond to the dual division of the Pueblos. The 

 dancers who represent demons are the Pueblo katcinas. These re- 

 semblances also extend to many minor features. 



Nor was the linguistic side of the work neglected, ethnology and 

 linguistics, and in fact archeology, of necessity going hand in hand 

 in this dii^cult held. This linguistic work is of the greatest im- 

 ])ortance since it furnishes material for com]iarison with all the 

 related lanjruaiies. 



