New-York tribune., 1902-10-17
WOMEN AND SCIENCE.
FIVE STUDENTS OF ANCIENT CIVILIzA-
TIONS TO ATTEND CONGRESS
OF ANERICANISTS.

Five women whose are we'll known among
the students Interested in the primitive clVlI1a-
tons OF this continent will Be present at the ~
ternational Congress Of Americanisrs. 10 be held
Al the American Museum of Natural History Oe-
tober 2l-25. They are Mrs Zeiia NuttaIl MISS Ace
Fletcher, Miss Adele Breton. Mrs Alice CareS
Maudslay and Mrs. seller The hrst Two are Amer
! lean women Miss Breton Is Enghsn woman
| Mrs. Mautslay is the American wife OF an Enehsn
man, and Mrs Seller Is a German. All hVe OF tnen
/ nave done very interesting things IheE hd'7
penetrated regions remote from civilization ana m
l habited only by Indians They have explored ola
| ruins. and endured all the privatons incident 10
/ exploration In Wild. tropical country FOR m
stance, Mrs seller. the wire OF Professor seller OF
Berlin a distinguished explorer has accompanied
him on all his expeditions She has puDhshea a
book OF travel and was decorated ny the FrehCn
government last year
Mrs. Maudslsy mas also gone exploring with her
| husband, who IS OF the most distinguished OF
all Americanists The collaborated in the pro-
cucton Of beautiful and expensive book recently
/ published. Mr.. Aaudslay wrote the Archaeology
Z and Mrs Maudslay the popular sketches OF travel
/ which the book contains. Mrs. Aauoslay Is q
1 member OF tho old Morris family. OF Revolutionary
4 fame. and her relatives live in Morrisania- She
4 edited the journal OF Roger Morris, published q
/ few years ago.
COPIED ANCIENT FREsCOEs,
! Miss Adela Breton is from Barth, England. and
/ IoT many years spent her winters Mexico for
reasons Of health Becoming interested in the
/ mains ot the pre-Coumban civilization she has
devoted an immense amount Of time 10 travel and
/ research here. Although not scientist she has
/ uohe one thing which has been attempted by no
one else This was the copying OF the ancient tres-
/ Goes She would ruins. ike those OF Chiche-
nitza IL Nucatau remote from civilization reached
only at the expense of tremendous hardshps IN the
way o. travel and accommodations. and, sur
! rounded only by Indians. she would have scaffod-
/ ms erected and spend months in a careful and
exhaustive copying Of the mural paintings This
! was entirely labor OF love- 10 she Is a wealthy
: woman and has pursued her plans at her own
/ expense she has never even published anythinG
: out she was persuaded 10 come 70 this congress
I ior Inc ursL uue and show OF hsr paintings
/ sne viii also read paper describing an ancient
| ohsidian mine
In Miss Fletcher and Mrs. Nuttau. however are
! FOUND two students whose achievements nave
placed them in the FIRST rank OF Americanists
Mss Fletcher has for years been associated win
/ iHe indian Bureau and the Smithsonian Museum
/ at washington and IN the former capacity has
cone work performed BY no other woman She sur
Nesed government lands among the Omahas and
/ I4l charge Of the division % these lands. Sne
rarr i- 'LTt 10, Ss@ars ears old srea5 Usdt - y lTr
( len better, probably, than any other person
ions nave ali been from the scentifc STANDPOINT
and Her reports to the government have embodied
t'lhore os The omahas. She Is best known, per
/ as- 70 me popular mind by her work IN making
SHOWN he Omaha music which for the hrst time
s--rs b'le b'lie IalsI net 5&re' me %GIas 81 -t Ljer
/ 52-1-el me Woman's AnthroPo!ogicaI Society Of
She holds the Thaw Fellowship in Peabody Museum
MEXICAN ANTIQUITIES HER STUDY.
Mrs. Nuttau is Amsricauist OF first rank. and
he- work holds peculiar place in the study of
/ ancient Mexican civilization. Her special line OF
| research is IL Mexican antiquities. including the
! ancient picture writings. Mrs. Nuttau has pursued
/ these picture writings almost all over Europe.
garnered up some of the nnest and most celebrated
/ picture writings and sent them 10 the court OF
Whea !hs arst archbishop from Spain saw The
manuscripts h. naturally concluded that they we're
elauoucaL So he built big bonfire ar the city ot
| their manuscripts and t1row them n. Their mum
kept the bonfire burn'7s FOR seven days and nights
/ At the end % this time literature was pretty we'll
'i'sl Z o'l S Ei.S'.. elurl-ty u S9e eoi.lIel
| i1.-Srisrt .1s-i -iT7.r. OF men lind ' anu '''
These picture writings mad IN the course OF CEN
| tUries become scattered from Madrid through va
tracing ana tranhlating these that Mrs Nuttal has
The most valuable OF all she found In private
possession IN England T his Is the finest and hest
OF epoch ma linE importance IN the study O that
! country. II has been named the 'CodeN Nutta4!,
IN honor OF the woman who made it known to the
HER OLD SPANISH HOME
After many years OF this research in Europe
| Mrs Nuttau returned lass winter 10 Mexico where
/ she spent most Of the last year In exploration
Among other things she pleased 10 find four
I where t.ag had lain undiscovered ever since the
conquest the Indians of that day having neglected
/ 90 tak. Them 10 the bonfire There may be others
lviu- ir remote corners % Mexico. for there
are -rt many Indian villages where the Inhabitants
/ Is an Indian and conducts the services OF The
! work ir tr. past has been under the auspices or
] Harvard IS. being honorary assistant Of tho
/ FasF..I- Nu-eum But her work heuceforth will
b. Tor rf- diversity OF California. OF whose at-
/ lIsort- council she a member. She has bought
! an CIF suautsh built by AlvaTado. one OF the
/ ~oroua-ur- tpyoaCIu- "a suburb OF the city or
| Mexico The home ~ COrfsz is also there. and the
uT.rt Dis f.I Of historical associations here 5ne
/ ,rrf mako her home ia the future.
/ r-.-t-r last trip. accompanied hy ner daugh-
/ t.- =n. -H.r-~If-c 70 tho famous ruins "f '6i-
! rar,-z- .r FGearau. This Is q trip involving the
| ,r-.-+ tremendous hardship The Ouly means or
! tr.vafrfre r. lr Tho -voldu coche which Is the
r~-sr ur-1rr+ bic mod" of conveyance known tu
/ r..r4 z7-r or litter swung the backs OF mules
/ me roads simply tho dry beds Or creeks tull
~ -orE. washed down by the last torrent: II IS
---.s=rr-. m rake days water supply, ana
-~-rf-al heat ard continuous torment by insects
--4L- -- the Nsr of attractions The ruins stand
H. -r= heart rt= virgin forest and, save Tor an
---=---aF cattle ranch. the country IS populated
Crf-- 1- an exceedingly degraded and degenerate
'psz.-a= Narautl Mrs Nuttau knows seven other
f,---7g-- She 7 m present four papers during me
congress
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