New-York tribune., 1902-10-22
AMERICANISTS' MEETING.
LIVELY DISCUSSION OVER THE USE OF
THE TERM -AMERIHD."

n, hofh fRs character OF the topic discussed anu
n the Unforeseen incidents OF the n'oh'e''' -" -,
lions Of the Amesfeanist congress possess uooH
NJ rop,,lsr Interest The attendance was CREATE
Yesterday than on the day before. and u promises
% grow steadily as the week advances
The chair vac corrupted yesterday oy Juan %
Auhrosietta OF the Argentine Republic one OF
the six S1oe-presssnts chosen for this years meet
ing His address Of scknoN ledGment and eornph-
nent and a formal paper on certain afeh+o'"e'0a
convictions which he had reached we're oo1n
couched IN French sehor Amorosietta uhoer-
stands English and speaks u oreditably. but pre-
fers the French.
The object OF the paper Wss TO point OUT re
serbanoes between the basket work and pottery
Of the Calchsqui region in South America 4ho
those of the puebi0s IN the United States ne was
inclined 20 interpret these Indications that the
civilization OF one country hsd been acquires from
the other. Comment offered by Professor
Ukle. OF the University OF California; Dr. Won oeu
Steiner of Germany. and others. the hrsi men
toned speaker treating Sehor Ambr0sieuas
theories rather roughly.
A magnificent volume. containing an account o.
c. " Hartmann's researches IN Costa kca tO'
which he had received the Loubat prize from the
Royal Academy OF Sweden was presented 70 the
congress by Or. Hjalmar Stolpe the Swedish dele
gate who lald stress the PeCuHiary support
given TO Mr.. Hartmann by wealthy ana puinc
spirited fellow countryman Upon motion OF FFo-
fessoT r. W PutnSn. a vote OF Congrstuiaton 10
AIR Hartmann adopted
An animated discussion the propriety OF ap-
plying the "Amerind" 70 the abougines o!
this continent was precilntated 10y paper on
''ERrly Writings American AUthropolosy, bg
= d. Mcclure or Washington. The speaker used
that term. which originated Wtth TIE late Major
]. ~. Powell chief OF the Bureau Of Ethnoiogy
IN the National Museum IN Washington. When
Mr MCGUIRE sat down D. Franz Boas criticized
both the address and the Of "Amerino he
regarded the papeT unfortunate because. In men
tioning the customs OF the aborigines. Mr. Mcclure
did not distinguish between one tribe or period
sn6 another. Professor Frederick Starr. OF Chi
aago followed tn the vein. his protests
agarst the objections bic term being even more
severe. Professor Putnam also expressed The same
aversion TO "Amerind." for which Mr. Mcclure and
Professor A. F. Chamberlain of Clark University.
seemed ne the only champions present
Something Of a sensa tion had been predicted as
q consequence OF a paper the Toscaneh CORE
spondence by Sehor Gonzales de la Rosa. resi-
dent but not a native OF France. Most biographers
o. Christopher Columbus have assumed that In his
expedition 1899 he largely inspired 10y sug-
gestIons made in a certain leIIer. alleged TO have
been written by a Florentine astronomer. Tos-
canelu who died IN lsS2 From postscript dated
1854 and from teXtual iteracies Of which he
thinks Toscaneh would not have been guilty.
Senor dc Ia Rosa suspects that the letter was
written by the astronomers brother Bartholomew.
or some one eise. He pronounced q forgery and
saws that did exert Influence IN the dis
covery OF America other papers on This topic had
been expected but were not presented and not a
WORD CT comment vas Ouefe4 concerning celloE
DE Ia Rosa's opinions.
f. S. Dellenbaush. who has explored New
Mexico with q view determining the route taken
by Coronado In l54o noTthWsrd from Mexico. has
satisfied himself that the ancient town Of Cibola
Is not identical win the modern settlement of
zuhi as many geogra piers and arch8oogists be-
Meve He gave his yesterday In short,
clear talk using g blackboard TO illustrate the
latter He expected to evoke dissent. and SEC
ceeded F. W. Hodge, who has also studied that
pIied hrisklv 10 Mr Delenha ugh. All that the
original speaker aimed 10 do was 20 show that the
whole question Of the site OF CtbOla and other
towns ought 10 be reopened.
Professor f W. Putnam briefly summariZeo a
paper by Clarence r. Moore. %ho has given
eleven years Interrogation 20 mounds along the
Carolina, Georgia. Florida and Gulf coasts. Mr..
a, but also SPECIAL form OF mortuary tar.
shaped 10 he broken 10 enable its owners
spirit 20 ESCAPE Professor McGee briefly lauded
the patience and persistence 81 Mr. Moore. and put
q high estimate tbe value Of his work
Sessions for the reading ~ papers viii be held
nt lO:S a. m. and p m. to-day To acconmodat te
larger audiences. the congress VIII hereafter
IN the lecture room on the gToUnd floor OF the
group of nspers on the antiquity Of mar In
America. including one Professor Putnan's re-
4 cent work In the Trenton CraVelS two three on
the Larsing skull fd scrihed ~ last Sundays Trib-
unsl and by Prof ssor n r Osborn on evf-
denoes of man IN the Ple's'Gcene period likely
20 come IN THURSDAY afternoon for discussion
This will bly, be THE most interesting session
OF the week