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often became plastic and that those not much he bc0
air we're softer than those Oh the surface fro
fhls theory distortion Of hard rock vas of C5n
large scale the TANKS OF tho Sierra Nevaaa ON ies
ponrs and rcferlin;to various hypQihest th@ ropsiS
been aGduccd thereon, Prof hlaRG 9 -, conclude that
rnoruos aud long cout4uucd pressure NV 6',, ,"t
ably at moders,c elevation 81 YEN to produce the
molecular movement " tnrse n".Ji 49,. Lime
eutly unyleldng materials. Merh'nou w" w -, "
appSarrd 10 hate boon the agent an" M tN' sOa
III shown mat under enormous ssHssnre
soIds c,bi m, made to flow in the same u2iIiec as
Hands ar ina IN their movements they tolig"eu le
same law The remainder OF inc F3 eI loiltos o NO
tain facts and illustrations tending - strengthen tnGse
views By thecaTcfR study u the IHcnonenaG pa, uS
new Views opened Of the structure OF StdI mi
MASSES; 81 the phenomena OIL Pilcstinn, mineral
Of the origin Of some structural Geeuaes 81 ,ho acts
veins aud their incoslng walls ~ view OF =" nit that
Prof Blake thought that geoogsts snQag t,rtmre
very great changes had been produced ID uo ,,rJad
of rock masses by simple mechanical presS"r, rJin
nv anv Great elevation OF temperature or ny 49,, nc
ary Chemical agencies Mr. j. y. Perry eNlulteH, so
pebbles obtained at Purgaory Ia whcm o% eis of this
reared driven into another showing the eneo'o u ~
kind OG compression. -. ,or,,s ~ the
prof Marsh called attention 70 two ne" esod,ns
rnOsasaurOd reptes-the Udcrosdu2s ayriicnIatou
ana the nioSdSd7@ copednS.In ne features
gbe larger specimens of these animals showed VlaJ my
must have been the monarcs Of the seas OF those POROUS
and ia appearance and SIZE NOT hhllhr NJ t ~
of lie sea serpeut being sometimes 10 ieet long
SECTION c.
Tn, seeton NJ Archaeology aud Ethnology met IN the
morning IN the Probate CourtRoom and IN the apSc"co
- NJ l. q Gduie
,o, % ,armanent chairman. Prof. GuyOt and MT w.
n mn ~ the Smithsonian Institution Secretary OF tho
Cpction were appointed committee 10 confer win ' ~.
Staudii'g Committee Of the Association with view ~
Ia shment of a Section of AuthrOpology ana
Archaeology permanent division OF the AShouIa ut
in rs fntuTe meetings. Many OF the members present
hng dpsirous listening to the papers on the eosc,
Tho Section then adjourned until D. M IN inc alClnVo
the rrst paper read the following: ,,,.,
Coniectural Explanation of the Uses OF the Empank
ments Of the Mound Builders by Ma Lewis ~ o E aI
of Rochester " Y. Mr. Morgan is one Of the shes5 ti
thorties the Indians and the author OF the Doo o
the Six Nations entitled The League OF the loquun
Mr. MOrgan's theory winch he llustIateu ny t,da
on the blackboard, that the mounds were louiua
tions on which the villages erected 6eng sia ~
mounds IN NewMeNico which are used TO-DAY Io I, no
same purpose namely, that Of defense The Ne~H 1
can mounds, il is true are made OF adobe; or con-
brick while the mounds OF the MISSISSIPPI Nea v o
ruced of earth but this is owing To tue lack OF proper
new Ciassidcation Of the south American Indians
the basis of FhilOlOgy, by Mr. Porter G. Bhss Mf bIsS
las been attached TO the American legations III Brazil
and Paraguay, ana mas Deeb LOT Tient yS % w. her
various South American states. lie SAID lhal tne huDo
of languages spoken by the Indians OF south Aeliea
has bern greatly exaggerated. These languages nave
been made TO number several hundreds whereas us ei
sonal researches extending over half he continent aS
reduced them within thar area 10 eleven ETngGdo , t
guagcs The tribe, speaking the same daIect, ds
often received dozen different names gwen 10 ~ run
the OF It's different cmeis, uneient lJGanueo ~
which II has WITH some other aCcluenla CIR
cumstance Mr. Bliss then proceeded to describe the re-
giOn of the Grand ChaeO' eAtehInE loi IJVg 'V h
the great navgable rivers the Pardna ana fhGuay uC
tween the Argentine Republic, Paraguay BraIl, ana
Bolivia, which four countries Ipnte tS pr Id
Ihis magnificent region Is lnhaDted sOley ny ihuns'
lowest
their habits but the nse OF the canoe rs h ocoa
them. They swim the rivers Wheh tney h"Ne go
Them Their only clothing is piece Of hide around their
oins Their agriculture consists only III te falsTE QI
very small quantities Of Indian corn ana Squasnes htI
ood is consequently limited almost entirely TO VIA Ifut
and fish which they take by spearug ana shootng WIN
the bow and arrow. Within the region i've SIX OF eEhV
Safions whose languages are radically distinct The
most widely spread Of Indian LANGUAGE III AneSa
Mr. Bliss slated 70 be the Gu2TaDl winch s To-Day ths
tion language Of Paraguay and formerly extended
from the mOth Of the La Plata n0TthHafI across Ihe
continent TO the mouth Of the QrnOco In US numerous
but closely related daleCte 1t s covers ~ jar I9e
greater portion Of the Empire OF Brazil ms language Is
SPOKEN Y s greatest Ghs Ra Eastern slopes Of The
Andes of Bolivia The bases OF the population O1 thlee
States OF South America, VIZ fqrasnay tern, ana 80
yiG is still the Indian-the nhaOtants OF the Two alter
saf9s being chiefly descended from the ancient Incas,
whose language the Quichua they stu speak MI Bliss
the Province Of Santiago del Estero, this same uchga
language still spoken although at distance oi neSy
500 miles from the nearest point In BOLIVIA Where that
Language is now spoken This curious fact be accounted
for by supposng the Argentine state to have been an
GENTLY the seat Of an outlying colony OF the vast inca E
pre. He remarked upon the lncOngrulty OF that geo
was first proposed 80 years by the French naturalist
D'Orbigney and which has been generally adopted by
later writer's This classification is evidently unscentnc
Mr. Bliss gave the names and pointed out the Ge%hte
Of the eleven different races Of Indians E6S inha6 ni
vocabulares he had collected He dwet upon the
poverty OF words and rapdty changes
In these languages nstanciug the Guaran which has
been transformed within two centuries from language
OF mOnOsyabc radicals TO It's present pOysylabc con
dtOn the former language IN which the Jesuit books
written being now quite unntelgble to the Para
5inyot, Mr. Morgan and Others who addressed many
questions to Mr. Bliss upon the characteristics Of the In
dans whose languages he had described. On motion OF
Mr. Morgan the section requested Col Foster 10 memoir
aze the L. s. Government TO use It's influence Tor the re-
cOvery OF the pathological manuscripts OF Mr.. bliss,
which seized last year by the Paraguayan Presi-
Mr. F. W. Putnam OF Salem then exhibited collection
Of Indian relics the Western mounds and from Cen
trail America The latter were collected by Mr. Mac Mel
who Is about 10 return TO That region Tor iurer re-
searches.