14 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



(15) That the peoplmg of America with the present race was 

 accomplished in late Glacial or post-Glacial time rather than in early 

 Glacial or Tertiary time. 



(16) That much of the recorded geological evidence of great human 

 anticpiity in America is unreliable and recjuires critical revision. 



(17) That the aborigmal peoples will soon disappear as the result 

 of interminglings with other races and failure to accommodate them- 

 selves to new conditions; that America will be fully occupied by a 

 cosmopolitan people embodying the best elements of every civiliza- 

 tion — a race of superior capacity and force, destined in its full fruition 

 to surpass all others in the grandeur of its achievements; and that 

 the activities of the present and of future Pan-American scientific 

 congresses will contribute a worthy share in the accomplishment of 

 this great result. 



At the closing session of the congress the chief was made 

 a member of a committee of five to arrange for the next 

 meeting of the congress, to be held in Washington, District 

 of Columbia, in October, 1912. 



While in Santiago much attention was given to the 

 National Museum, which contains a great deal of material 

 illustrating the ethnology and archeology of Chile, and a 

 number of private collections, rich chiefly in Peruvian 

 antiquities, were visited. 



The homeward trip from Santiago included excursions to 

 Bolivia, where the small National Museum was visited and 

 where studies were made of the ruined city of Tiahuanaco; 

 to Peru, where a brief period was devoted to a study of the 

 rich collections of the National Museum ; and to Panama for 

 a short stay. Washington was reached on February 11, 

 and reports were then prepared for the institutions which 

 the chief represented as delegate and for publication in 

 scientific joiu'nals. 



The services of the chief were enlisted diu'ing the early 

 months of the year in the preparation of the Institution's 

 exhibit to illustrate the history of the Pacific Coast states 

 and the Pacific islands at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposi- 

 tion at Seattle. Before leaving for South America in October 

 he designed a number of lay-figure family groups, which 

 were elaborated by the sculptor during the winter months; 

 and on his return from the South he attended to the com- 



