Archeology and Anthropology. 849 
understood by a popular audience. It is published in Science for 
August 17, 
Thursday, August 16th.—“Certain prehistoric ornaments 
found in Mississippi,” by Prof. R. B. Fulton, of the University 
of the Mississippi. He presented about thirty prehistoric 
beads from Lincoln county, Mississippi. The material was 
jasper, reddish-brown, mottled witha lighter shade and very 
hard. Their forms were cylindrical, and also of the shape of 
deer and birds. They were all, or nearly all, polished and drilled. 
Prof. Fulton said he had never seen any similar beads except those 
in the Smithsonian exhibit now open at the Centennial Exposition 
at Cincinnati. Mr. Wilson said he had prepared that display and 
had chosen those from the many in the National Museum to show 
a series descriptive of the method and work of the drilling of these 
hard substances by the prehistoric man. 
a learned address on the “ Development of the Civilization of 
Northwest America.” He raised a query as to the possibility of 
establishing a connection between Asiatic and American tribes, an 
noted many indications of relationship, and said the Indian tribes 
of the northwest coast of America far excel their neighbors in arts 
and industries. The tribes of the northwest coast belonged to man 
linguistic stocks. In British Columbia alone were eight distinct 
tongues. He spoke of the striking similarity of physique between 
certain tribes of the northwest coast with certain Asiatic tribes. 
The customs and legends of these tribes were much alike, but in 
their myths the speaker found the greatest coincidence. His paper, 
ough replete with facts, was but little more than the announce- 
ment of his theory, and he closed as follows: “ But before drawing 
further conclusions we must analyze the civilization of northwest 
America in order that we may know what we have to compare. 
Only after this is done can a study of the numerous striking analo- 
gles be successful in demonstrating the Asiatic origin of these 
northwest tribes,” 
is speaker used the term nation as synonymous with people, 
and civilization as synonymous with culture, to which Major Powell 
ook exception, 
5 The Rev. W.H. Beauchamp, of Baldwinsville, N. Y., read a paper, 
The Onondagas of To-day.” This was almost a complete history 
of this tribe as it exists at present, and has existed during the present 
century, They now number about four hundred. They have 
: forgotten their own earlier history, and their traditions are uncer- 
tain, contradictory, and valueless as history. Illustrations of this 
were given by the dozen 
-e speaker gave his own recollections of the Onondagas and of 
their manners and customs during fifty years past. He described 
