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Dr Roland B. Dixon recorded the lan«ruaoes of tlie M:ii.lu and 

 other tribes of northeastern California under liic auspices of 

 the American Museum of Natural History, l)ut wiili an arran*--,- 

 ment, noted elsewhere, by whicli tlic material is avallabl.- in 

 the Bureau work. 



On September 25 Professor W. II. Ilolnics. of tlic National 

 Museum, and Mr De Lancey Gill, of the liunaii. rcpain-ii. 

 under the auspices of the Bureau, to northeastern Indian Ter- 

 ritory for the purpose of examining a spring rejJorttMl bv a 

 correspondent to contain abundant bone and thnt imi)lem(Mits 

 associated with bones of both modern and extinct animals. 

 They were successful in obtaining-: (1) the tine.st collection of 

 mammoth te6th thus far made in America; (2) one of the 

 finest collections of mastodon teeth ever made; and (3) the 

 most remarkable collection of chipped arrow points, lance 

 heads, and knives thus far made in a single locality in this 

 country. They verified the reported association, and were 

 able to identify the spot as an aboriginal shrine, to which the 

 attention of the aborigines was i)robably directed b}' the 

 gigantic teeth and bones of extinct animals, and at which .sac- 

 rifices were made through several generations. During the 

 same trip they visited Kimraswick, Mo., where also human 

 relics are reported to occur in association with bones of extinct 

 animals. Toward the close of the year Professor Holmes 

 again visited this locality, and, with the assistance of Mr 

 Grerard Fowke, made a considerable collection for ].reservati«»n 

 in the Museum. 



In November Dr Robert Stein returned fn. in a two yeai-s' 

 absence in Ellesmereland and northern (ireenland. where, 

 under facilities afforded by the Bureau, he obtained ethnologic 

 data of interest relating to the Ita Kskinu», or Arctic iligli- 

 landers. Besides a small collection <»f objects intended tor 

 preservation in the Museum, he 1)n.uglit in the words and 

 music of several songs which serve t<. establish the existence 

 of an archaic language among these people an.l at the smne 

 time to demonstrate for the first time, despite a prevadu.g 

 opinion to the contrary, the existence of a ii<luc.al cult anu.ng 

 them. 



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