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

 journey. 1 Among the Chinooks Lord says it is * not uncommon ' ^ 

 and Bancroft that it is of ' frequent occurrence '. 3 The Thompson 

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

 reprimanded. 4 With the Haidahs, on the other hand, infanticide 

 is reported to be * not uncommon ', 5 and among the tribes between 

 the Frazer and Columbia Eivers it was formerly common. 6 The 

 same impression is gained from accounts of the Chepewayans. 7 

 The Koniagas ' prize boy babies, but frequently kill the girls '. 8 

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

 prevalence of the crime of infanticide ' ; 9 in particular he records 

 that it was common among the Gallinomero, who never spared 

 deformed children, 10 that among the Kabinapek n and the Nishi- 

 nan 12 children who had lost their mother were killed, and that 

 deformed children were destroyed by the Woruk. 13 Among the 

 Yguazes infanticide was fairly frequent. 14 The Abipones of South 

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

 others being killed to save trouble;' 15 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 '. 16 This practice, on the other hand, 

 is said to be ' extremely rare ' among the Botocudos. 17 It occurs 

 among the Guaycurus. 18 Among the Puelches infanticide is 

 common and deformed children are always killed. 19 In spite of 

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

 ally ' among the Fuegians. 20 In the literature with regard to 

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

 who mentions infanticide. 21 

 10. Wars 22 were apparently common between the Tasmanian 



1 Woldt, Kapitdn Jacobsen's Eeise, p. 393. 2 Lord, loc. cit., vol. ii, p. 231. 



3 Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 242. Teit, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 305. 5 Gibbs, 



loc. cit., p. 198 ; Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 169. 6 Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, 



p. 169. 7 Keating, loc. cit., p. 160. 8 Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, p. 81. 



9 Powers, loc. cit., p. 416 ; Bancroft, loc. cit., vol. i, pp. 390 and 413. 10 Ibid., 



p. 177. Ibid., p. 222. 13 Ibid., p. 328. 13 Ibid., p. 382. 



14 Cabe9a de Vaca, loc. cit., p. 62. According to Ten Kate (Rev. d'Eth.,\ol. iv) 

 the Comanches 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. 



15 Dobrizhoffer, loc. cit., vol. ii, p. 97. 16 Charlevoix, Histoire, vol.i, p. 405. 

 17 Keane, loc. cit., p. 206. 18 Church, loc. cit., p. 248. 19 Guinnard, loc. 

 cit., p. 143. 20 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. 21 Sarasins, loc. cit., vol. iii, p. 469. 



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



