November M, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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I renieiiiber his lectures to a body of scien- 

 tific students and the sparkling enthusiasm 

 with which he inspired all who listened to 

 him. I have sat at his bedside in the 

 hospital and have seen how patiently he 

 bore the infirmities from which he sought 

 relief. Having devoted his life to the 

 study of earth and man, he was fond of the 

 most abstract views, and on his sick-bed 

 he was then endeavoring to work out, or 

 at least to work upon, the philosophy of 

 those complex problems of existence which 

 are so fascinating and so difficult. 



"I remember him as the faithful friend 

 and as such I join with you in mourning 

 his loss. I honor him also as the loyal 

 citizen, the indefatigable toiler, the ac- 

 knowledged leader, 'the happy warrior.' " 



Doctor Charles D. Walcott then spoke as 

 follows : 



"We have listened to the words of some 

 who learned to admire and love the Major 

 as a result of association in various rela- 

 tions in life. I will add a few remarks on 

 behalf of those who were associated with 

 him for many years in the work of the 

 Geological Survey before he resigned the 

 directorship thereof and turned his atten- 

 tion solely to the Bureau of Ethnology ; 

 and first a word of personal recollection. 



"I fir.st met Major Powell in the winter 

 of 1879, in Washington. I had been work- 

 ing in the country with which he was so 

 familiar, the Grand Canyon of the Colo- 

 rado, in Arizona. I was a young man. 

 Putting his arm around me, he said: 'My 

 boy, you have done well; I hope you will 

 stay with us.' From that time to the end 

 the same friendly relations were main- 

 tained. 



"Major Powell was a natural leader of 

 men. I saw evidence of this often dui-ing 

 his career. On one such occasion we were 

 in the forests of the Kaibab of Arizona. 

 Gathered around the camp fire were the 



camp men, the rough riders of the plains, 

 and Indians, and to them the Major talked 

 of Indian myths and of his wonderful ex- 

 ploration of the great canyon. His influ- 

 ence over all his hearers was so profound 

 that, in the days that followed, a word from 

 him was sufficient to cause the men to go 

 anywhere or to do anything, no matter 

 what the personal danger might be. 



"When the Major said good-by as Di- 

 rector of the Survey, it was a meeting in 

 which tears were shed, so much was he 

 loved by many of those who had been asso- 

 ciated with him. In the summer of 1892, 

 when it became necessary to make changes 

 in the Survey, the Major said to me : 'Here 

 is a list of persons, some of whom must be 

 dropped. I don't want to do it. I can 

 not do it alone; I must have suggestions 

 from the men about me, and I wish you 

 would take it up with them.' Later he 

 came to a case where there was a wife and 

 children, and he said : ' That man must 

 remain.' Often after that, in discussing 

 the welfare of members of the Survey, he 

 would ask, not so often what they were 

 doing and what were the results, but, 

 'How are they getting on and what are 

 their prospects?' When he left the Sur- 

 vey I asked him: 'Major, what can we do 

 that would be of interest or pleasure to 

 you in the conduct of the work of the 

 Survey?' He thought a moment and 

 said: 'There is but one thing that I have 

 to request. There is one man who fought 

 with me in the exploration of the great 

 canyon. Look after Jack. I do not care 

 especially about anything else; the work 

 will go on all right.' That showed his 

 feeling for the man who had saved his 

 life. Thus did I often see the thoughtful 

 and affectionate side of the man's nature. 



"Another characteristic, one more fre- 

 quently seen in public, was that which he 

 exhibited in his army career. He was a 

 fighter when once aroused. At Shiloh, on 



