1880. | Anthropology. 741 
12. The Dacotah tribes. Gen. H. B. Carr 
13. Textile fabrics of the ea a abahan, of the Mississippi valley. J. G. Hen- 
aerson, 
14. Engraved tablet from a mound in Ohio. W. J. Knowlton. 
I5. Japanes ese cave orse 
10, Ancient agricultural implements of sto . McAdan 
17. nay. a et flint mines and hue oR of Mamati Wyandot and 
erns. . C. Hove 
18. The lasaincerion of kindred by the N. A. rere J. W. Powell. 
19. On the Iroquois language es. Erminnie 
20, On the mek of the Indian languages. H W Po well, 
21. Remarks on the mound-builders. J. F. Everhart. 
24. Cablinasaaibeous existence of mastodon and man in America. R. J. Farqu- 
23. Conventionalism in ornamentation of ancient American pottery. F. W. 
nam. 
24. a = occurrence in New England of carvings by the Indians of the N. W. 
of Ameri F. W. Putn 
25. i language bie S A e dances among North American Indians. J. G. 
26. The topographical survey of the works at Aztalan, Wis. S. D. Reet. 
27. The military system of the emblematic mound: builders. S. D. Peet. 
28. Improved stereograph for delineating the outlines of crania. A. S. Bi sen: 
29. Feeling and function as factors in human se Pilg Lester F, War 
» The uses of the “ chungkee-stone.”’ Alfred M. Ma 
31. Relation “ the archeology of Vermont to ae of the dimen States. Geo, H. 
Perkin 
32. Exhibi toe of some gambling games of the Iroquois. Erminnie A Sm 
33. Parturition in a kne eeling posture as practiced by the women of the piri 5 
uilding and stone- -grave peoples. C. Foster Williams. 
34. The antiquity of man in Eastern America geologically considered. Henry C. 
Lew 
35. A comparison between the shells of Kjökkenmöddings and present forms of the 
peci . 5. Morse. 
. Asnityisies of Onondaga county, N. Y. W. W. M. Beauchamp. 
The address at the opening of the subsection of anthropology, 
by Major J. W. Powell, the chairman, was upon the social organi- 
zation of the Wyandotte Indians. This was an original investi- 
gation covering the entire sociological system of that tribe. The. 
material was gathered from Gray Eyes, a Wyandotte chief, during 
a six months’ residence in Washington the past year. Below 
' will < found abstracts of the papers in the order s the titles 
abov 
Gə 
an 
African continent. The map will be on permanent exhib fioa at 
T rat of Natural History, New York city. 
. Smith, having spent a season among the Onondagas 
‘eink Kab facilities for studying their habits, gave a series of 
myths collected by the people themselves. 
. The prehistoric altars of Illinois are structures made of slabs 
of undressed stones in two or three layers, about ten inches high, 
and containing charred remains. 
r. Ross took issue with Mr. Freeman in his theory of the 
origin of democratic institutions as found at the ATN time in 
Alpine communities. : 
. 
