1288 General Notes. [December, 
tion with which they had listened to the paper, and their gratitude 
to Me. Male for the light that he had shed on a subject so im- 
porta 
The i. of Professor E. S. Morse, as vice- president of Sec- 
tion H of the American Association, was upon Man in the Ter- 
tiaries, the full text of which was given in the October NATURALIST. 
The following papers were read at the meeting: 
‘Uses of the emblematic mounds. Stephen D. Peet. 
The lineal measures of the semi-civilized nations. D. G. Brinton. 
Description of the skeletons and skulls found in the large mound of the Turner 
group. Miss C. A. Studley. 
‘The sacred pipes of friendship. Frank LaFleche. 
Some observations oper the peage, symbolism and influence of the sacred pipes of 
fellowship among the Omahas. Alice C. Fletcher 
‘Notes upon some ak NOAN from Central indso: Miss F. E. Babbitt 
The importance of the study of i ap valde architecture to an understanding 4 the 
pre-historic age in America.. Stephen D. Peet. 
Local weather lore. Amos W. a tler 
Some characteristics of the Indian b and shell mounds on the Atlantic coast of 
Florida, Andrew E. Douglass 
‘The manner in which Indians made ‘their stone implements. P. R. Hoy. 
Disputed points concerning Iroquois pronouns. Erminnie A. Smith. 
The use of the plough in Japan. Edward S. Mors 
The sacrificial stone of San Juan Teotihuacan. A. W. Butler, 
Mythology of the Wintuns, J. W. Powell. 
‘Archzeological explorations by the Peabody Museum of American i Arciagio 
re at thnolo: 8Y», communicated at che request of the trustees of the museum. 
Interviews ea a Korean. Edward S. Morse. 
es ie in the evolution of races in the old and new world. Daniel 
On the geographical distribution of labretifery. W. H. Dall. 
Remarks on North American races and civilization, E. B. Tylor. 
Upon the evolution of a race of uai in America, A. Graham Bell. 
The occurrence of man in the pad a of Nebraska. Edward D. Cope: 
‘The three culture periods. J. W. Portu 
A api ia British North America pi k lost colonies of Northmen and : 
d S. 
Formation o of Iroquois words. iaineie A. Smith 
e different races who built mounds in Wisconsin. ` Stephe Stephen 
Evolution of animal life illustrated by study of Fein anaes peen T 
eet. 
Etymology of the Iroquois word Rha-wen-ni-yu. Erminnie A. Smith. 
A Correction.—In noticing the brochure on the Okada 
shell mound, at Hitachi, the editor of these notes, in prê 
Morse, and no one would be more willing to acknowledge 
fact than the present writer. 
