1018 General Notes. [ October, 
ANTHROPOLOGY .! 
Tue EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE TENTH CENsus.—In this ponder- 
ous quarto are four papers with different pagination, to wit: 
Newspapers and periodicals; Alaska; Fur Seal islands, and Ship- 
building. We are here concerned with the third, which bears the 
title, Report on the population, industries and resources o 
Alaska, by Ivan Petroff, special agent, pp. 190. The following 
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named maps interest the ethnologist: Ethnological map o 
Six colored plates illustrate the social life of the people. 
For the purpose of enumeration and description the Territory 
is considered in the following six divisions: 
1. The Arctic division. Arctic watershed east of C. Prince of Wales. 
2. Yukon division, Valley of the Yukon river. 
3. The Kuskokvim division. Valleys of the Kuskokvim, Togiak and Nushegak 
rivers, 
4. The aster Ains Aliaska peninsula west of the isthmus, between Moller 
and Zakharof bays = the chain from Shumagrin to Attor, including the Pri- 
bs ylof, or Ent Seal islands. 
5. The Kadiak PE a South coast of Aliaska to Zakharof bay, Kadiak group, 
Cook’s inlet, Kenai peninsula and Pr. Wm. sound 
6. South-eastern division. From Mt. St. Elias to Portland canal, in lat. 54° 407. 
Each one of these divisions is taken up separately, the people 
mentioned and located by settlements, and the population given. 
In the Arctic division the people are all Eskimo, or Innuit. 
In the Yukon division 4276 enumerated are Eskimo, and 2557, 
living on the river basin away from the sea, are of the great Tinné, 
or Athapaskan stock. 
In the Kuskokvim division 8036 are Eskimo, 506 Athapaskan, 
255 Aléut and 114 whites and creoles. 
In the Aleutian division 1890 belong to the Aleutian, or Unun- 
gan stock, 561 are whites and creoles. No Eskimo exist in this 
area. 
In the Kadiak division 321 Thlinkit, or Kolosh Indians, 864 
Athapaskans, 2211 Eskimo and 951 whites and creoles 
In the South-eastern division 788 are Haida, or Queen Char- 
lotte stock, 6437 Thlinkit, 523 whites and creoles. The Thlinkit 
stock of this division includes the tribes called Chilkhat, Hun- 
yah, Khutz-na-hu, Kehk, Auk, Taku, Stakhin, Prince of Wales 
Tongas, Sitka, akutat. The Haida tribes of this division all 
_ Although the author has a chapter on Alaskan ethnology 
{ 123-177) replete with information upon the social life and arts of 
the people, every other portion of the monograph abounds with 
‘invaluable matter. Indeed, there would be no hesitation in say- 
ing that this chapter of the census will remain for along time 
an logic t text-book on Alaska. 
by Prof. ons E oe National Museum, Washington, D. C. 
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