ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT ^f 



citizenship, ^rhe application requires m statisti.al stiulv of 

 physical characteristics, inchiding vialnlitv, in.histn;.! aptitude, 

 etc., of typical Indian tribes, too-etlier witli a similar study of 

 mixed bloods, or mestizos, both conducted with a vi«.w of ,.Min- 

 parison with Caucasian and other ethnic norms. 'Dw impor- 

 tance of this line of inrpiiry is sug-trested by the tact that there 

 are no physical statistics on record of any'tribc uf our j.a.ssiiijr 

 race available for coniparinu- stature, strength, emhn-anre, via- 

 bility, fecundity, and other physical attributes, with th<.se (.f 

 Caucasians, either Avitli the view of o-ratifvinjr our instinctive 

 desire for knowledge or with the object of deriving useful 

 information from the experience of other j)eoples. 'I1m- imj>or- 

 tance of inquiries concerning- mestizos is sutticieiitlv indicate*! 

 by the history of a neighboring Hepublic, whose president is 

 at once a product of the blended blood of the white and re(l 

 races and one of the foremost among the world's national h-aders. 

 Singularl)', there are no trustworthv records of mestizos in tliis 

 countiy, though their number nuist reach some ,*}() to GO j»er 

 cent of that of the pure-blood Indian population. Nor is it to 

 be forgotten that many of the ])i-actical j)r<)l)lems coiniected 

 with immigration, Chinese exclusion, the occupation of i'orto 

 Rico, Hawaii, and tlie Philip})ines, and the education of the 

 colored race can be finally solved only in the light of ethnologic 

 principles, whether these be developed through slow e\))erience 

 or derived from scientific researches already advanced to the 

 applicable stage These and other weighty considerations have 



led to the inauguration of researches in physical etl logy. 



During the fiscal year a series of ])hysical records made l>y 

 Dr Franz Boas among the Siouan Indian^, with j.hotograpljs 

 representing the physical types, was submitted. 



2. Aboriginal economics. It is wvW known that alM.riginal 

 America gave the world corn, the jjotato, certain beans and 

 squashes, tobacco, tw^o varieties of cotton, and tiie domestic 

 turkey; it is not so well known that the native triix's ufill/.c«l 

 various other natural resources which might well iu- introduced 

 into the dietary and connnerce of Caucasian peoples: and still 

 less is it realized that various prepared foo<ls habitually UM-d 

 by the Indians are of unsurpassed excellen.-c— tor while 



