OcTOBER 8, 1897. ] 
THE JESUP EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH 
PACIFIC COAST. 
Ir will be remembered that in the spring 
of this year Mr. Morris K. Jesup, President 
of the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, provided the means for a thorough 
ethnological investigation of the northern 
portions of the Pacific coasts of Asia and 
North America. 
It was decided to begin field work on 
the American coast, and in May a party 
consisting of Dr. Franz Boas, Dr. Liv- 
ingston Farrand and Mr. Harlan I. Smith 
left New York in order to carry on anthro- 
pological investigations in British Colum- 
bia. In previous years the Committee of 
the British Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science appointed for studying the 
tribes of northwestern Canada had carried 
oninyestigations in British Columbia. This 
committee was about to conclude its field 
work. Since the territory in which the 
operations of the Jesup Expedition are to 
be conducted embraces the field of work of 
the committee, it seemed desirable to have 
the operations of both parties conducted on 
a common plan. The committee was de- 
sirous of completing its anthropometric sur- 
vey of British Columbia and to obtain in- 
formation on the Tinneh tribes of the 
interior of that Province. This work was 
entrusted to the party of the Jesup Expedi- 
tion and has been done by Dr. Farrand and 
Dr. Boas. 
During the past season the work of the 
Jesup Expedition was directed mainly to 
an exploration of the prehistoric remains of 
British Columbia, to a study of the Bella 
Coola Indians and of the northern Kwakiutl 
Indians. A special study of the art of the 
Indians of the North Pacific coast was in- 
eluded in the plan of work. In all these 
directions good progress has been made. 
The work was divided in the following 
way. Mr. Smith was charged with the 
archeological investigations ; Dr. Boas and 
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Dr. Farrand collected anthropometrical 
data, and Dr. Farrand undertook the study 
of the Chilcotin for the British Association 
for the Advancement of Science, and later 
on carried on inquiries on the sociology of 
the northern Kwakiutl. Dr. Boas investi- 
gated the Bella Coola Indians and later on 
studied the art of the northern tribes. He 
concluded his work with a study of the 
language of the northern Kwakiutl. In 
British Columbia Mr. James Teit and Mr. 
George Hunt joined the party, the former 
to assist in work on the Thompson River 
Indians, the latter to assist in work among 
the Kwakiutl tribes. Mr. Teit has prom- 
ised to furnish for the expedition a descrip- 
tion of the Thompson River Indians. Mr. 
Hunt’s services were of the greatest value 
on account of his intimate knowledge of the 
Kwakiutl language and of the customs of 
the people. 
The result of this summer’s work may be 
summarized as follows: Mr. Smith inves- 
tigated archzeological remains at four points: 
at Kamloops, Spence’s Bridge, at the famous 
burial ground at Lytton and at Port Ham- ~ 
mond. 
The remains found at Kamloops belong 
to a number of periods preceding contact 
with the whites. In all the sites objects 
made of shell, copper, bone and stone 
were found. The general shape of these 
objects suggest that the people using them 
were the immediate ancestors of the tribes 
inhabiting these regions at the present 
day. Most of the material was found 
buried in shifting sand, owing to which 
fact the original order has been much dis- 
turbed. 
The remains found at Lytton were of a 
character similar to those found at Kam- 
loops. While a thorough investigation of 
the finds may show that there existed dif- 
ferences in the cultures of these regions, 
the general characteristics of the mate- 
rial are much alike. In both places the 
