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tribes or sub-tribes he encountered and the following account is taken 

 from the work in question. * * * " Skull Valley which is a part of 

 the Great Salt Lake Desert and which we have crossed to day, Mr. 

 George W. Bean, my guide over this route last fall, says, derives its 

 name from the number of skulls which have been found in it and 

 which have arisen from the custom of the Gosh-Ute Indians burying 

 their dead in springs, which they sink with stones or keep down with 

 sticks. He says he has actually seen the Ute Indians bury their dead 

 in this way near the town of Provo where he resides. ' ' 



From this brief account of different methods of burial practiced by 

 the Utah Indians, it will be seen that no regular method of procedure 

 has been adopted, as is generally the case with most of the aboriginal 

 tribes, each one as a rule having a distinct mode of burial peculiar to 

 itself, as for instance in the case of the former aborigines of the coast 

 of California, whose burial places have been thoroughly explored by 

 Mr. Paul Schumacher and the members of Lt. Wheeler's Expedition, 

 all the burials were alike and the finding of the first grave with its 

 peculiar snrroundings and marks, served as a sure and certain indica- 

 tion to others. 



It is proposed, should time and circumstances permit, to continue 

 this article with others describing the manner of disposing of the dead 

 practiced by other Indian tribes. 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 



The Scientific Names of our Common Sunfishes. 



In the fresh waters of the North-eastern and Western United States, 

 are generally found several species of Centrarchoids confounded under 

 the common name of "Sunfish" whose nomenclature seems still to be 

 involved in doubt and not considered settled. Among those who 

 have been misled by the current views has been Prof. David S. Jordan, 

 but that excellent icthyologist has lately signified his entire concur- 

 rence with the author as to the appellations of the several species, and 

 the reasons, pro and con, have been re-weighed with the following 

 results. 



