ANTHROPOLOGY. 1 



Indian Languages of the Pacific States.— In the April num- 

 ber of the Magazine of American History, Mr. Albert S. Gatschet 

 gives us a paper upon some of the Pacific coast tribes and upon 

 the Pueblos. The classification of the tribes west of the Sierras 

 is known to have been fraught with great difficulties. We are 

 indebted to Mr. Hale, Stephen Powers and Mr. Bancroft for 

 much help. The Bureau of Ethnology has afforded Mr. Gats- 

 chet the opportunity of extending greatly our information. The 

 following is a brief abstract of the paper : 



Mutsun family.— The Esselen, or Eslens, identical with the 

 Huelels of La Soledad mission, and the Karkins of Carquinas 

 straits, belong to the Mutsun family, as also did the dialects of 

 the ranclurias Saclan, San Juan Bautista and Juichum. The 

 idioms spoken by Powers' Miwok tribes are Mutsun. In fact, 

 dialects of Mutsun extended from the Pacific coast across Cali- 

 fornia to the Sierras. 



Wintun family.— The Suisunes north of the San Francisco bay 

 are Wintun, but at the mission San Juan Bautista, the colonies of 

 Nopthrinthres and Lathru-unum we're Yokuts. 



Ckimariko family. — East of Trinity river. Habitat and char- 

 acteristics given. No divisions. 



WashofamUy. — Nevada. Area and quality but no divisions 

 mentioned. 



A'niafnya family.— WWhxmet valley. Divisions: I. Atfalati 

 (Tualati, Wapatu) ; 2. Yamhill; 3. Lukamayuk ; 4. Kalapuya ; 

 5- Ahautchuyuk, or Pudding river Indians; 6. Santiam (Ahal- 

 pam, Uplanders); 7. Ayaukeld (Youkalla). 



Yakona family. — Coast between Capes Foulweather and Per- 

 petua. Two dialects, the Yakona and the Alseya. 



Sayuskla family.— Habitat and qualities given. No divisions. 



Ansa family. -Coos river and bay. No divisions. 



Takilma family.— No divisions. 



Pueblo Indians are divided into four families: 



Rio Grande family.— 1. Taos language, spoken at Taos and 

 Picori; 2. Tano language, spoken at Isleta, I.sleta del Paso and 

 Sandia; 3. Tel ken at Tesuque, San lldefonso, 



Nambe, San Juan or Ochi, Santa Clara, Pajoaque, Los Luceros, 

 and at the Mo ;j m village of Tehua ; 4. femes language, on 

 Jemes river, consolidated with Indians of Old Pecos; 5. The 

 Piro language, spoken at Sinecu, a few miles below El Paso del 

 Norte. 



Kera family.— Spoken at San Domingo, east of the Rio Grande 

 and west of that river on the San Juan and its tributaries. The 

 Pueblos are : 1. The Kawaiko group on the San Juan river— La- 

 quena, Acoma, Hasatch, Povuate and Moquino ; 2. The Kera or 

 1 Edited by Professor Otis T. Mason, 1305 Q street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 



