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personal habits. Those of Oklahoma are pleasant to strangers, whereas 

 those of Nebraska are apt to reverse these qualities. 



Practically speaking, loway native culture, in all its brandies, is 

 dead. Of the 79 survivors of the tribe in Oklahoma or the 162 less 

 primitive members in Kansas and Nebraska on the Nemaha Reserva- 

 tion, not one today keeps up the ancient rites, or even believes in them. 

 The last pagan was the late Chief David Towhee, above mentioned. 

 The remaining members of the tribe are either peyote devotees or 

 Christians. At the present writing, hardly an object of native manu- 

 facture remains in their hands. 



In concluding, the writer wishes to thank Mr. Suffecool, Superin- 

 tendent at Shawnee, Oklahoma, who has charge of the Sauk, Shawnee, 

 Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and loway Indians, for many courtesies, for 

 his hospitality, and for the attention shown the Museum party. Also 

 to express his gratitude to Mr. A. B. Collins, the Subagent at Cushing, 

 for like attentions. 



A COLLECTING EXPEDITION TO BONAVEN- 

 TURE ISLAND, QUEBEC 



By George Shrosbree^ 



Mr. H. L. Stoddard and the writer left Milwaukee for Bonaventure 

 Island, Quebec, June 26th, 1922, for the purpose of collecting speci- 

 mens and environmental material to build a group, depicting the home 

 life of the Gannets and other birds associated with them at their nest- 

 ing colony there. 



We entered Canada at Windsor, Ontario, Jvme 27th, v/here we were 

 very courteously received by the Canadian customs officials who had 

 been notified of our intended entry there; and who facilitated the 

 examination of our outfit, enabling us to proceed on our journey with 

 the least possible delay. They also gave us some very useful infor- 

 mation. 



We entrained for Montreal that afternoon, arriving there the fol- 

 lowing morning. We stayed there during the greater part of that day, 

 and towards evening took the train for Matapedia and Cape Cove, 

 Quebec, ,our point of embarkation for the Island, arriving there about 

 8 :15 P. M., June 29th. We were met at Cape Cove station by "Willie" 

 Duval, a native of Bonaventure Island, with whom I had made arrange- 



^Chief Taxidermist, Milwaukee Public Museum. 



