DECEMBER, 1898 



The 



No. 12 



Magazine 



. 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY 



/ 





Editor: JOHN HYDE 



Associate Editors 



A. W. GREELY W J McGEE HENRY GANNETT 



C. HART MERRIAM ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES AND THE SURVEY OF INDIAN 



TERRITORY. C. H. FITCH. 481 



With map and illustrations. 



CLOUD SCENERY OF THE HIGH PLAINS. WILLARD D. JOHNSON. 492 

 "With illustrations. 



ATLANTIC COAST TIDES. MARK S. W. JEFFERSON. 497 



With maps. 



PRESIDENT ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ON JAPAN. 509 



Geographic Literature, p. 512; Proceedings of The National Geographic 

 Society, p. 519. 



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