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Eiver District is especially mentioned in the account of Jacobsen's 

 journey.^ Among the Chinooks Lord says it is ' not micommon ' ^ 

 and Bancroft that it is of ' frequent occurrence '.^ The Thompson 

 Indians seldom kill their children, and a woman who did so was 

 reprimanded.* With the Haidahs, on the other hand, infanticide 

 is reported to be ' not uncommon ',^ and among the tribes between 

 the Frazer and Columbia Eivers it was formerly common.^ The 

 same impression is gained from accounts of the Chepewayans.' 

 The Koniagas ' prize boy babies, but frequently kill the girls '.® 

 Powers, referring generally to the Calif ornians, speaks of ' the 

 prevalence of the crime of infanticide ' ; ^ in particular he records 

 that it was common among the Galhnomero, who never spared 

 deformed children,^" that among the Kabinapek ^^ and the Nishi- 

 nan ^^ children who had lost their mother were killed, and that 

 deformed children were destroyed by the Woruk.^^ Among the 

 Yguazes infanticide was fairly frequent. i* The Abipones of South 

 America ' do not bring up more than two children to a family, the 

 others being killed to save trouble ; ' ^^ According to another 

 observer ' they seldom rear but one child of each sex, murdering 

 the rest as fast as they come into the world, till the eldest are 

 strong enough to walk alone '.^^ This practice, on the other hand, 

 is said to be ' extremely rare ' among the Botocudos.^' It occurs 

 among the Guaycurus.^^ Among the Puelches infanticide is 

 common and deformed children are always killed.^^ In spite of 

 what has sometimes been said, infanticide ' only occurs occasion- 

 ally ' among the Fuegians.-^ In the hterature with regard to 

 the Veddahs reviewed by the Sarasins, there is only one author 

 who mentions infanticide. ^^ 

 ^^-10. Wars 22 were apparently common between the Tasmanian 



> Woldt, Kapitdn Jacobsen's Reise, p. 393. - Lord, loc. cit., vol. ii, p. 231. 



^ Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 242. ■» Teit, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 305. ^ Gibbs, 



loc. cit., p. 198; Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 169. '^ Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, 



p. 169. ' Keating, loc. cit., p. 160. ' Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 81. 



» Powers, loc. cit., p. 416 ; Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, pp. 390 and 413. '» Ibid., 



p. 177. » Ibid., p. 222. i- Ibid., p. 328. " Ibid., p. 382. 



" Cabega de Vaca, loc. cit., p. 62. According to Ten Kate (Rev. d'Eth., vol. iv) 

 the Comanchea kill one of two twins. This is not an uncommon custom ; in 

 itself, however, it can have very little effect upon the quantity of the population. 

 For the Californians see Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, pp. 390 and 413. 



1^ Dobrizhoffer, loc. cit., vol. ii, p. 97. '« Charlevoix, Histoire, vol. i, p. 405. 



1' Keane, loc. cit., p. 206. '* Church, loc. cit., p. 248. " Guinnard, loc. 



cit., p. 143. -" Westermarck, loc. cit., p. 313, quoting a letter from Mr. Bridges 



who in another place (loc. cit., p. 181) says that deformed children are especially 

 likely to be killed. " Sarasins, loc. cit., vol. iii, p. 469. 



-- It should be remembered that elimination through war tells more upon males 



