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accompanied by the beating of the spht-stick, and the rendition, while 

 not what might be desired, will doubtless be adequate for transcription. 

 They belong to several distinct cycles. Interesting comparisons were 

 drawn between the California Indian culture and that of the south- 

 west. The sweathouse is certainlv the same as the kiva. The Cali- 



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-Aged Mission Indian informant, 

 hv Harrino'ton.) 



( Photograpli 



fornia phratries correspond to the dual division of the Pueblos. The 

 dancers who represent demons are the Pueblo katcinas. These re- 

 semblances also extend to many minor features. 



Nor was the linguistic side of the work neglected, ethnology and 

 linguistics, and in fact archeology, of necessity going hand in hand 

 in this difficult field. This linguistic work is of the greatest im- 

 portance since it furnishes material for comparison with all the 

 related languages. 



