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showed views illi^strating" the manners, cnstonis and rain worship of 
the Pueblo indians. the Apaches and neighboring- tribes with a digres- 
sion to the Hnichol indians of ^fexico. He combatted the common 
opinion that the indian is natnrally lazy, showing the indians of these 
tribes to be very thrifty and hard workers ; going "back to the 
blanket" did not betoken indolence, bnt rather the adaption of the 
w^hite man's education to the indian customs and civilization. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
