352 MINUTES. (Dee. 4, 
cf. Del. /ulpe, Aben. /o/ba ‘‘ turtle’; Nat. sunuppasog ** tortoises.” 
Wanax ‘*white man,’’ cognitive with Aben. awanoch, now used 
for ‘Canadian Frenchman ’’; Pas. wemoch ‘‘ white man.”” Cf. Pegg 
Stiles waunuxuk ‘‘ white men’’; Nat. awaunagessuck, Natick Dict., 
p. 253. The word is.a derivative from the.indefinite pronoun seem 
in Del. auwen, Aben. awani, Penobscot: dweni, Munsee awaun,. 
Pass. wen, ‘‘who, someone.” 
‘Wichiwan ‘‘come along” and not ‘‘hurry up,’’ as Harris 
gives it. Cf. Del. witschewan, Aben. wijowi ‘‘come along with 
: { need st 
me,’’ etc. _See s.v. sapasiik and kagitznon. 
J. DyNELEY PRINCE. 
Stated Meeting, November 20, 1903. 
President SmitH in the Chair. 
The following papers were read: 
“The Testimony of the Huacos (Mummy-grave) Potteries 
of Old Peru,’’ by Albert S. Ashmead. (See page 378.) 3 
“On a Geological Tour to Labrador,” by Prof. Amos P. — 
Brown. ; 
i 
Stated Meeting, December 4, 1903. ; 
President Smirx in the Chair. 4 
The decease of the following members was announced: 
Dr. Charles Schaffer, at Philadelphia, on November 23, 
eet. 66 years. cS 
Prof. Alphonse Frangois Rénard, at Brussels, on July 9, 
et. 61 years. 
Mr. Henry Carey Baird made some remarks on “The 
Alaska Frontier.” 
Prof. Percival Lowell read a paper on ‘‘The Cartouches of 
Mars,’’ which was discussed by Prof. Haupt, Prof. Conklin, 
Mr. Goodwin, Prof. Doolittle, Prof. Ernest W. Brown and 
Prof. Heilprin. x 
