300 The American Naturalist. 
ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
International Congress of Americanists.—It is proposedin 
this department to make a series of sketches of some of the Interna- — 
tional Congresses held in Europe. Two of these Congresses, to wit, that 
of “Criminal Anthropology,” of Brussels, and that of the “ American- — 
ists,” at Huelva, voted to hold a special meeting in the United States 
during the Summer of 1893; both, presumably, to be at Chicago. — 
The increased interest thus to be engendered justifies this publication. 
Ba ogee 
THE FIRST InrERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS.—On the 
25th of August, 1874, the Société Geographique Francaise held a meet- | 
ing in the City of Paris, and formulated a Constitution, which should 
serve as a foundation for a new Society, to be called the Congrès — 
Internationale des Americanistes. A 
The object was to contribute to the progress of Ethnographic, 
Linguistic, Historic studies relative to North and South America, and — 
especially those of antiquity. The Historic or Proto-Historic portion — 
would naturally be directed to the time of the discovery by Christopher 
Columbus. 7 
Committees were appointed, officers and their duties provided, requi- 
sites of membership laid down, all in the shortest and simplest manner 
possible, and it finally provided that the First Congress should be held 
= the City of Nancy, on the 19th of July, 1875, and to continue four 
ys. r 
` The First Congress was entirely successful, and demonstrated the 
good judgment of its founders. = 
Twenty-eight countries were represented. Professor Henry, Secre- 
tary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Hon. Robert T. Winthrop, 
General Clary and Professor Henry W. Haynes, of Boston, were dele- — | 
gates from the United States; although it does not appear that the two 
former were present. ` : 
The report of the Treasurer showed 1572 subscriptions at 12 francs 
each, with total receipts of 23,106 franes. The meetings were held in — 
the Ducal Palace, at Nancy, under Government patronage and protec” ; 
tion; the city was put in gala costume, the palace and streets were 
draped with the flags of all nations, and there were the usual exeur- 
sions, receptions, fétes, concluding with the official banquet. : 
‘This department is edited by Dr. Thomas Wilson, of the U. S. National Museum. 
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