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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I917 



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will be a God-send to many of the young' men. some of whom can 

 not even read or write; but probably few of those who will return 

 will remain mountaineers. 



Till-: AANISHING IXDFAX 

 The ])rogTess of miscegenation among- many of the Indian tribes 

 has progressed to a degree that is surprising" even to those who for 



l*"i<;. 54.— I\utli S]Hi(iii-\\ aiMiir, ji, 



many years lia\c been stud\ing llir Indian. W hili' the lolal nnnihcr 

 of " iuflians " as recrirded bv the census increaso hum duadi.' to 

 decade, the fact is that this increase is due wholK Id that dl' nnxcd 

 bloods; the fidl-bloods of pure strain arc in most localilirs rapidly 

 disappearing and in a considerable proportion of the tribis iiavc 

 become actually extinct or arc on the point of extinction. 



