REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I9I/ Jl 



As an indication of interest in this subject may be mentioned the 

 Lewis H. Morgan Chapter of the New York State Archeological 

 Association in Rochester, which now has more than 125 men with 

 an organized interest in aboriginal history, archeology and eth- 

 nology. In other places the interest is proportionately great, as at 

 Cooperstown, Otsego county, where within one month more than 

 50 men joined the Leatherstocking Chapter of the association. The 

 members of this association are devoted not only to research but 

 to the establishment of better local museums, more scientific field 

 work and to the preservation of the aboriginal monuments in their 

 several localities. 



Inasmuch as the general headquarters of the association is the 

 State Museum, the State will profit considerably through the 

 cooperation of a numerous company of patriotic and well-instructed 

 men and women. 



There is a pressing demand for public addresses and lectures on 

 archeological and Indian subjects. The demand is for a popular, 

 yet accurate, presentation of subjects along these lines. We have 

 responded as often as the pressing demands of our office work would 

 permit. The following list includes the more important public 

 addresses given by the Archeologist during the past 1 8 months : 



The Archeology of Western New York; before the federated 

 historical and scientific societies at Rochester University, December 

 28, 1916. 



Lewis Henry Morgan, Man and Scientist; Rochester, November 21. 



William M. Beauchamp as an Archeologist; Syracuse, March 191 7. 



Handsome Lake, the Peace Prophet; Caledonia, June 10. 



Men and Events Leading up to the Pickering Treaty; Canan- 

 daigua, Genesee Country Historical Federation, July 11. 



Making Democracy Safe for the American Indian; Federated 

 Conference of the Friends of the Indian, January 21, 1918, 

 Philadelphia. 



The American Indian in the World Crisis; Albany Institute and 

 Historical Society, February 5. 



The Influences of Anthropology on the Thought of the World; 

 Morgan Chapter, Rochester, February 23. 



Primitive Medicines and Medicine Men; Albany Philosophical 

 Society, April 5. 



The New York Indians in the Conflict for Civilization; Coopers- 

 town, April 19. 



The Construction of Habitat Groups in Wax and Plaster; Amer- 

 ican Museums Association, Springfield, Mass., May 22. 



