LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.* 



REPORT ON SECTION OF TRANSPORTATION. 



Page. 

 Plate I. Fac-siinile of letter soliciting proposals for rolling first American 



rails .' 80 



CRADLES OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES. 



Fig. 1. Eskimo woman of Point Barrow, carrying child. (From photo- 

 graph in National Museum) 165 



2. Eskimo woman of Point Barrow, carrying sleeping child. (From 



photograph in National Museum ) 165 



3. Chippewyan child-frame. (Copied from "Notes on the Tinn6 In- 



dians," by Strachan Jouej) 166 



4. Birch-bark cradle from Yukon River, Alaska 167 



5. Child in hammock. Cape Breton. (Copied from woodcut in 



"Century Magazine ") 169 



6. Bella-Coola trough cradle 170 



7. Dugout, with head-flattening apparatus 170 



8. Flathead woman and child. (From " Eight Years among the In- 



dians," by George Catliu) 173 



8a. The Chinuk method of flattening the head. (From " Eight Years 



among the Indians," by George Catliu) 174 



9. Cradle of Oregon Indians 1/5 



10. Showiug the effect of head flattening. (From drawing by Mr. Dray- 



ton, published in Wilkes's "Exploriug Expedition " iv, p. 388). 176 



11. Hupa wicker cradle 178 



12. Klamath cradle of wicker and rushes 180 



13. Frame of Pitt River cradle 180 



14. Porno cradle 182 



15. Mohave cradle, with bed of shredded bark 183 



16. Yaqui cradle — 185 



17. Nez Perc6 cradle-board 187 



18. Sahaptian cradle-board 187 



19. Nevada Ute cradle-frame 188 



20. Nevada Ute cradle, full rigged 188 



21 . Uncompaghre Ute cradle 189 



22. 23, 24. Three views of Ute cradle-frame 190 



25. Moki cradle-frame of coarse wicker 192 



*The drawings from photographs and specimens in the Museum were made by 

 Messrs. W. H. Chandlee and W. H. Burger. 



The reproductions of photographs in half-tone were made by the Reichenbach 

 process in the hands of the Photo-Engraving Company of New York City, by whom 

 the other photo-relief engravings were also made. 



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