RECORDS. 685 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 



November 27, 1899. 



Section met at 8:15 P. M., Dr. Franz Boas, presiding. 



The following program was then offered : 



Dr. A. Hrdlicka, Observations on the Navahoes, Physical 

 AND Physiological. 



Dr. M. H. Saville, Notes on the Mexican Codex Telleri- 

 ano-Remensis. 



Dr. Franz Boas, The Eskimo of Hudson Bay. 



Summary of Papers. 



Dr. Hrdlicka described the physical characteristics of the 

 Navahoe Indians and details of a number of measurements made 

 on fifty adult males and thirty adult females. Observations on 

 the life and social and industrial habits of the tribe were also 

 presented. The language belongs to the Athapascan group. 

 From the physical examinations it appears that the tribe, not- 

 withstanding some evident mixture, is radically allied to the 

 ancient Pueblos and to the short-headed people of to-day in other 

 parts of New Mexico and Arizona, and possibly in old Mexico. 



Dr. Boas' paper was based on observations made by Captain 

 George Comer of East Haddam, Conn. The paper described 

 particularly the natives of Southampton Island, who heretofore 

 have never been visited. The arts of the tribe show a peculiar 

 development, owing to the lack of materials with which other 

 Eskimo tribes are well supplied. The traditions of the tribes of 

 the west coast of Hudson Bay show remarkable analogies to 

 the traditions of the Athapascan tribes of the McKenzie region. 

 The well-known tradition of the magic flight was among those 

 recorded by Captain Comer. There are traditions which make 

 it evident that the Eskimos of this region believed in the trans- 

 migration of souls. The dress of the women is veiy remarkable, 

 and it was suggested that the enormous pockets in their stock- 

 ings may be a survival of the custom of cariying the children 

 in the boots, as is still done by the Eskimo of Pond's Bay. 



Charles H. Judd. 



Secretary. 



