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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  State, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  migrated, 
  within 
  comparatively 
  recent 
  times, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Trinity 
  or 
  the 
  Klamath. 
  Of 
  these 
  evidences 
  I 
  will 
  here 
  mention 
  only 
  one 
  — 
  the 
  

   similarity 
  of 
  their 
  numerals, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

  Hoop 
  AW. 
  Navajo. 
  

  

  One 
  Chlah. 
  Kli. 
  

  

  Two 
  Nach. 
  Nahkee. 
  

  

  Three 
  Tach. 
  Tah. 
  

  

  Four 
  Tinckh. 
  Dteen. 
  

  

  Five 
  Chwolch. 
  Estlahh. 
  

  

  Six 
  Hostkn. 
  Hostonn 
  . 
  

  

  Seven 
  Ochkit. 
  Susett. 
  

  

  Eight 
  Cahnem. 
  Seepee. 
  

  

  Nine 
  Nocostah. 
  Nastyy. 
  

  

  Ten 
  Minchlah. 
  Niznahh. 
  

  

  The 
  Navajoes 
  to-day 
  are 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  Hoopaws, 
  perhaps 
  not 
  in 
  prowess, 
  

   but 
  certainly 
  in 
  the 
  arts 
  of 
  peace. 
  They 
  possess 
  the 
  arts 
  of 
  weaving 
  and 
  pot- 
  

   tery, 
  which 
  the 
  Hoopaws 
  know 
  nothing 
  about 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  probable 
  

   that 
  they 
  acquired 
  those 
  arts 
  from 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  Indians 
  since 
  their 
  migration. 
  

   Hence, 
  the 
  Navajoes 
  offer 
  no 
  argument 
  against 
  the 
  theory 
  of 
  degeneration. 
  If 
  

   they 
  carried 
  those 
  arts 
  with 
  them 
  from 
  California, 
  they 
  powerfully 
  confirm 
  the 
  

   theory, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  Hoopaws 
  are 
  concerned. 
  

  

  I 
  offer 
  this 
  paper, 
  not 
  as 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  treatise 
  on 
  this 
  subject, 
  but 
  as 
  giving 
  

   some 
  facts 
  and 
  theories 
  whicli 
  I 
  hope 
  others, 
  more 
  capable, 
  will 
  work 
  out 
  more 
  

   fully. 
  

  

  The 
  Committee 
  appointed 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  September 
  21st, 
  to 
  

   examine 
  and 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  library 
  and 
  herbarium 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  

   Bloomer, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  purchase, 
  reported 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  San 
  Francisco, 
  October 
  5th, 
  1874. 
  

   We 
  the 
  undersigned, 
  the 
  Committee 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  Academy 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  

   library 
  and 
  botanical 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  H. 
  G. 
  Bloomer, 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  report 
  : 
  The 
  books 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  and 
  com- 
  

   prise 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  very 
  valuable 
  illustrated 
  works 
  on 
  botanical 
  science. 
  In 
  all, 
  

   there 
  are 
  117 
  volumes, 
  of 
  which 
  at 
  least 
  half 
  are 
  folio 
  or 
  quarto, 
  with 
  illustrations, 
  

   The 
  botanical 
  collection 
  is 
  in 
  admirable 
  order, 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  sixty-six 
  bundles 
  of 
  

   plants, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  rare 
  species, 
  not 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  herbarium 
  of 
  the 
  

   Academy. 
  We 
  have 
  estimated 
  the 
  library 
  and 
  botanical 
  collections 
  to 
  be 
  worth 
  

   at 
  least 
  seven 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  but 
  in 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  inestimable 
  services 
  

   rendered 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Bloomer, 
  we 
  recommend 
  that 
  the 
  sum 
  

  

  