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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  neighboring 
  Cdgaba 
  and 
  a 
  chapter 
  on 
  the 
  Motilon 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  

   de 
  Perija. 
  Observations 
  on 
  some 
  changes 
  since 
  Bolinder's 
  last 
  visit 
  

   to 
  the 
  lea 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  1941 
  by 
  Knowlton 
  (1944). 
  

  

  The 
  Cdgaba 
  were 
  first 
  studied 
  by 
  a 
  trained 
  anthropologist 
  in 
  1914-15, 
  

   when 
  Preuss 
  undertook 
  intensive 
  linguistic 
  field 
  studies, 
  principally 
  

   in 
  the 
  Cdgaba 
  villages 
  of 
  Palomino, 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  and 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  

   His 
  collection 
  of 
  myths, 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  religion, 
  and 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  

   social 
  life 
  are 
  valuable 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  ethnography 
  of 
  this 
  tribe 
  

   (Preuss, 
  1919-26). 
  The 
  historical 
  interpretations 
  made 
  by 
  Preuss 
  

   on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  myths 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  with 
  

   caution. 
  Moreover, 
  a 
  systematic 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  religious 
  structure 
  

   and 
  life 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  pieced 
  together 
  from 
  the 
  Preuss 
  account 
  supple- 
  

   mented 
  by 
  further 
  field 
  studies. 
  

  

  Earlier, 
  De 
  Brettes 
  on 
  his 
  several 
  trips 
  in 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada, 
  

   between 
  1891 
  and 
  1895, 
  had 
  used 
  a 
  questionnaire 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  

   Societe* 
  d'Anthropologie 
  de 
  Paris 
  to 
  report 
  some 
  valuable 
  details 
  of 
  

   Cdgaba 
  culture. 
  His 
  information 
  and 
  the 
  line 
  drawings, 
  depicting 
  

   material 
  culture, 
  are 
  especially 
  useful 
  (Brettes, 
  1898, 
  1903). 
  

  

  J. 
  Alden 
  Mason 
  visited 
  the 
  Cdgaba 
  in 
  1923, 
  collecting 
  items 
  of 
  

   material 
  culture 
  for 
  the 
  Field 
  (now 
  Chicago 
  Natural 
  History) 
  Mu- 
  

   seum. 
  His 
  unpublished 
  notes 
  afford 
  valuable 
  supplementary 
  data 
  

   on 
  the 
  tribe. 
  4 
  

  

  The 
  geographer 
  Sievers 
  recorded 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  Cdgaba 
  and 
  other 
  

   tribes 
  in 
  1886. 
  His 
  material 
  on 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  is 
  particularly 
  

   useful, 
  and 
  the 
  data 
  on 
  other 
  aspects 
  of 
  the 
  culture 
  supplement 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  fragmentary 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  region 
  (Sievers, 
  1886, 
  1888). 
  

  

  The 
  linguistic 
  studies 
  made 
  by 
  Celedon 
  (1886, 
  1892 
  a, 
  1892 
  b) 
  on 
  

   the 
  Cdgaba, 
  lea, 
  and 
  the 
  Buntigwa 
  also 
  contain 
  some 
  useful 
  ethno- 
  

   graphic 
  details. 
  

  

  The 
  Tairona 
  are 
  known 
  only 
  through 
  Mason's 
  excellent 
  archeo- 
  

   logical 
  excavations 
  (1931-39) 
  and 
  scattered 
  and 
  often 
  confused 
  refer- 
  

   ences 
  in 
  the 
  histories 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  Colonial 
  Period. 
  When 
  publication 
  

   of 
  Mason's 
  reports 
  is 
  completed, 
  the 
  Tairona 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  

   completely 
  as 
  careful 
  archeological 
  and 
  historical 
  research 
  permit. 
  

  

  The 
  Chimila 
  are 
  known 
  principally 
  from 
  Bolinder's 
  brief 
  report 
  

   (1924) 
  based 
  on 
  short 
  visits 
  in 
  1915 
  and 
  1920 
  to 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  sur- 
  

   vivors 
  of 
  this 
  once 
  numerous 
  tribe. 
  Bolinder 
  has 
  supplemented 
  his 
  

   field 
  work 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  thorough 
  sifting 
  of 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  Chimila 
  

   in 
  the 
  earlier 
  historical 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  Santa 
  Marta 
  region. 
  The 
  

   yield 
  from 
  field 
  work 
  and 
  historical 
  research 
  is 
  principally 
  data 
  on 
  

   material 
  culture; 
  little 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  social 
  life 
  and 
  religion. 
  

  

  Historical 
  sources 
  available 
  contain 
  only 
  fragmentary 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  

   tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  Santa 
  Marta 
  

  

  * 
  These 
  notes 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  available 
  through 
  the 
  generous 
  cooperation 
  of 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Alden 
  Mason 
  and 
  the 
  

   Chicago 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum. 
  

  

  