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  OF 
  THE 
  SECEETAEY 
  69 
  

  

  American 
  Journal 
  of 
  Physical 
  Anthropology. 
  This 
  proves 
  statisti- 
  

   cally 
  that 
  the 
  crania 
  are 
  very 
  uniform, 
  and 
  that, 
  although 
  the 
  cranial 
  

   index 
  is 
  higher 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  Eskimo, 
  this 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   considered 
  as 
  showing 
  admixture 
  with 
  a 
  broad-headed 
  type. 
  He 
  

   spent 
  some 
  time 
  studying 
  the 
  alleged 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  and 
  

   Melanesian 
  affinities 
  of 
  certain 
  American 
  stocks, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  

   lacks 
  a 
  sound 
  foundation. 
  On 
  his 
  way 
  west 
  Doctor 
  Michelson 
  stopped 
  

   in 
  Chicago 
  where 
  he 
  took 
  the 
  important 
  measurements 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   Blackfoot 
  (Siksika) 
  crania 
  in 
  the 
  Field 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  

   The 
  average 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  skulls 
  is 
  in 
  round 
  numbers 
  130 
  milli- 
  

   meters. 
  These 
  measurements, 
  when 
  combined 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  material 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  should 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  settle 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  disputed 
  points. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  P. 
  Harrington, 
  ethnologist, 
  during 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  as- 
  

   sisted 
  the 
  chief 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  Elden 
  Pueblo, 
  described 
  previously 
  in 
  

   ihis 
  report. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  preparation 
  for 
  

   publication 
  of 
  field 
  data 
  obtained 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  Chumash 
  

   region 
  of 
  southern 
  California. 
  The 
  Chumash 
  are 
  fast 
  being 
  accultu- 
  

   rated 
  to 
  the 
  languages 
  and 
  mode 
  of 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  Mexican 
  and 
  American 
  

   people 
  with 
  whom 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  daily 
  contact 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  important 
  that 
  

   what 
  information 
  is 
  still 
  available 
  be 
  made 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  record 
  with- 
  

   out 
  further 
  delay. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Earl 
  V. 
  Shannon, 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  

   of 
  mineralogy 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  the 
  paints 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   were 
  identified 
  chemically, 
  with 
  interesting 
  results, 
  specimens 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  from 
  living 
  Indians 
  and 
  also 
  those 
  taken 
  from 
  graves 
  being 
  

   used 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  complete 
  linguistic 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  ethnobotany 
  of 
  these 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  was 
  carried 
  out, 
  with 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  ancient 
  designa- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  and 
  their 
  growtli 
  development. 
  The 
  

   designations 
  of 
  pollen, 
  pistil, 
  stamen, 
  and 
  petal 
  vary 
  widtely 
  as 
  we 
  

   pass 
  from 
  dialect 
  to 
  dialect, 
  various 
  words 
  used 
  for 
  other 
  concep- 
  

   tions 
  being 
  extended 
  to 
  cover 
  them. 
  This 
  same 
  irregularity 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  apparent 
  in 
  comparing 
  tiie 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  plant 
  species. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harrington 
  also 
  read 
  proofs 
  of 
  his 
  Kiowa 
  and 
  Picuris 
  papers, 
  

   which 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  press. 
  The 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Kiowa 
  is 
  important 
  for 
  

   the 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  Indian 
  languages. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  Picuris 
  paper. 
  Miss 
  H. 
  H. 
  Roberts 
  prepared 
  transcriptions 
  and 
  

   analyses 
  of 
  Picuris 
  songs 
  which 
  will 
  constitute 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  

   study 
  in 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  music 
  of 
  this 
  tribe. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  1926, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  B. 
  Hewitt, 
  ethnologist, 
  completed 
  the 
  

   manuscript 
  " 
  Iroquoian 
  Cosmology, 
  Second 
  Part, 
  with 
  Introduction 
  

   and 
  Notes." 
  

  

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