LXXXII BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
in past times as compared to the present, and his paper, “The 
Former and Present Number of Our Indians,” effectually 
exploded the old theory that the aboriginal population of 
America at the time of the discov ery was much greater than 
at the present period. But Colonel Mallery’s anthropologie 
researches were not confined to the American Indians. His 
studies in general sociology show a wide and intimate acquaint- 
ance with the literature and peoples of both continents, and 
his various writings exemplify his scholarly taste and strong 
power of philosophic comparison. Among the papers per- 
taining to this subject prepared by Colonel Mallery are: 
‘Manners and Meals,” ‘“‘Greeting by Gesture,” “Customs of 
Courtesy,” ‘Philosophy and Specialties,” and “The Gesture 
Speech of Man.” His study, “Israelite and Indian—a Parallel 
in Planes of Culture,” provoked much discussion among scien- 
tific men, and was translated into the German by Dr Frederick 
S. Krauss. 
In the words of a lifelong friend, Garrick Mallery was ‘“‘the 
gallant soldier with a setnllos: record; the scholar largely read 
in the literature of his own and other times; the man of science 
who has left an imperishable record of ingenious and far- 
reaching research; the trusted councilor in the societies which 
honored him with their highest dignities; the genial com- 
panion; the affectionate husband; the staunch friend; the high- 
bred gentleman.” 
JAMES OWEN DORSEY 
In the death of Mr Dorsey American ethnology lost a bril- 
liant student. Born in Baltimore October 31, 1848, he acquired 
his primary education in the schools of his native city. At an 
early age he evinced a marked precocity in the acquirement 
of language; it is said that at 6 he learned the Hebrew alpha- 
bet, and ere he reached his eleventh year he could read the 
language with facility. At 14 young Dorsey entered the Cen- 
tral High School, now City College, and pursued the classic 
course, but during his second year he was constrained to 
abandon his studies by reason of ill health. In the autumn of 
1867 he entered the preparatory department of the Theological 
