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''Hie museums, etc., sending delegates 

 were: American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory (New York) : H. C. Biunpus; Carnegie 

 Museum (Pittsburgh): W. J. Holland; 

 Field Columbian Museum (Chicago) : 

 George A. Dorsey; Museo Nacional (La 

 Plata) : Juan B. Ambrosetti ; Peabody Mu- 

 seum (Cambridge) : Miss Alice C. Fletcher; 

 Provincial Archeological Museum (To- 

 ronto) : David Boyle; Royal Ethnograph- 

 ical Museum (Stockholm) : HjalmarStolpe; 

 Smithsonian Institution (Washington) : F. 

 W. Hodge; U. S. National Museum (Wash- 

 ington) : W. H. Hobnes. 



These learned and scientific societies 

 sent delegates: Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences (Philadelphia): Edward S. Morse; 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 

 Henry W. Haynes; American Anthropo- 

 logical Association : J. D. McGuire ; Ameri- 

 can Antiquarian Society (Worcester) : 

 Charles P. Bowditch; American Associa- 

 tion for, the Advancement of Science: J. 

 Walter Pewkes; American Ethnological 

 Society: James Grant Wilson; American 

 Folk-lore Society: W. W. Newell; Ameri- 

 can Geographical Society: Levi Holbrook; 

 American Historical Society: Talcott Wil- 

 liams; American Philosophical Society 

 (Philadelphia): Stewart Culin; Anthro- 

 pological Institute of Great Britain and 

 Ireland (Loudon): A. P. Maudslay; An- 

 thropological Society of Washington: 

 Walter Hough; Archeological Institute of 

 America: J. W. Williams; Brooklyn In- 

 stitute of Arts and Sciences: Stansbury 

 Hagar; Carnegie Institution: D. C. Gil- 

 man; Colorado Cliff Dwellings Associa- 

 tion: Mrs. Virginia McClurg; Davenport 

 Academy of Natural Sciences : H. St. Clair 

 Putnam; Instituto Fisico-Geografico de 

 Costa Rica: H. Pittier de Fabrega; Kansas 

 State Historical Society : Charles S. Gleed ; 

 Massachusetts Historical Society: H. W. 

 HajTies; National Academy of Sciences: 

 Edward S. Morse; National Geographic 



Society : W J McGee ; New York Academy 

 of Sciences: Livingston Farrand; New 

 York Historical Society : S. H. Carney, Jr. ; 

 Numismatic and Antiquarian Society 

 (Philadelphia) : Stewart Cidin"; Ohio 

 State Archeological and Historical Society : 

 W. C. Mills; Societe d 'Anthropologic de 

 Paris : G. G. McCurdy ; Svenska Sallskapet 

 for Antropologi: C. V. Hartman; Texas 

 Historical Association: G. P. Garrison. 



The following universities, etc., were 

 also represented by delegates : Brown Uni- 

 versity: A. S. Packard; Clark University: 

 A. F. Chamberlain; College de France: 

 Leon Lejeal; Cornell University: T. F. 

 Crane; Columbia University: F. Boas; Co- 

 lumbian University : 0. T. Mason ; Harvard 

 University: F. W. Putnam; Johns Hop- 

 kins University: D. C. Gilman; Leland 

 Stanford Jr. University: J. C. Branner; 

 Princeton University: W. B. Scott; New 

 York University: J. J. Stevenson; Univer- 

 sity of Berlin: K. von den Steinen; Uni- 

 versity of California: Mrs. Z. Nuttall, A. 

 L. Kroeber, Max Uhle ; University of 

 Chicago: Frederick Starr; University of 

 Glasgow : J. H. Biles ; University of Penn- 

 sylvania: Stewart Culin; University of 

 Vermont: G. H. Perkins; Yale University: 

 E. G. Bourne. From these lists it wiU be 

 seen that the gathering, which included 

 many other distinguished men and women 

 not delegates, was quite a representative 

 one, especially for the United States and 

 Mexico. The Americanists of the Prov- 

 ince of Quebec were sparsely represented. 

 Many of the delegates had their wives and 

 families with them, which added to the 

 pleasure and interest of the occasion. 



The object of the congress is to bring 

 together 'Americanists,' i. e., those men 

 and women of science, and others, who de- 

 vote themselves to the study of: (1) The 

 native races of America— their origin, dis- 

 tribution, history, physical characteristics, 

 languages, inventions, customs, and re- 



