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On motion of Mr. Murray, a committee was appointed to 

 take into consideration the subject of the more frequent 

 and regular publication of the Institute proceedings, and 

 report at the next meeting. Mr. Munsell, Prof. Hall and 

 Mr. Murray were appointed such committee. 



The Institute then adjourned for two weeks. 



February 4, 1862. 



Institute met : Present Messrs. Brown, Munsell, Pease, 

 Redfield and Murray, who not constituting a quorum, ad- 

 journed for two weeks. 



February 18, 1862. 

 Institute met : Present Messrs. Brown, Munsell, Paterson, 

 Shepard and Murray, who not constituting a quorum, ad- 

 journed. 



February 28, 1862. 



The president, Mr. Pruyn, presided. 



Under election of members, J. Meredith Read, proposed 

 at a former meeting, was unanimously elected a resident 

 member. 



The donation of a new volume from the press of J. 

 Munsell, Life of Sir Watler Ralegh, was announced. 



The Hon. Lewis H. Morgan, of Rochester, who was pres- 

 ent by invitation, then read an elaborate paper on the Mi- 

 gration of the Indians. 



He began by pointing out the causes of migration in rude 

 tribes. These were chiefly subsistence and hostility of 

 tribes. The Indians subsisted on: 1. fish; 2. game; 3. 

 agricultural productions. Hence they needed a woody re- 

 gion, abounding in water streams, and their migrations will 

 be found to follow these conditions. The large prairie area 

 in America, extending on both sides of the Mississippi and 

 north almost to the Arctic sea, was almost uninhabited by 

 the Indians. 



Bancroft estimates the Indians at the time of the landing 

 of the pilgrims at 180,000. 



Mr. Morgan discussed the question, what was the initial 



