The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
AMERICANISTS IN CONGRESS-.
81 ANTS DINt SSfNG HERE orr
tNTIOtIIIES.
wzrni Debate at Their Opening Session
Oh the Age ami Significance Of Rock
picture Nritinxs-Iessons IN House
building From Prehistoric Man
Indian " Words l'seti In Our Language

Museum uf Natural History discussed
.arouS aspects OF aboriginal life in the
,norira- ye-'crAav. making a small begin
..ra' the work which j. To occupy them
.lrourEnI, tins week. Two hundred and
,vcu'y.foIr delegate, come 10 this congress
rom nineteen different countries of the
...l ant rev worlds. ,"vcn countries being
,n,valiv represented.
The programme for he day was somewhat
.nIoif,rcd with by the Gon-arrival OF the
,rmans of the Lansing man, which were
aroly found near Lansing, Kan. But
ia .knll. anyway. will he here to-day
~ tomorrow, and thereafter the discus
ion uf tie antiquity Of man OH this conti-
tent, IN the light Of the Lansing discovery.
. 70 ON. The Lansing gentleman il said
.. have lived perhaps 10000 years ago.
Tho ~Cinuti-ts AZ Yesterdays session
moved each other that Americans of to-
.t.v have much 10 learn from the aboriginal
.rrabltau'S "f ih.-o continents. both in
.oI.. binding and in the utilization OF
.r4'ural resources. In fact II seemed To
,o demon STATED in some q! the papers
nd discussions that American resource
.Ilun-. - wc know IL and 80 term II to-dsy
.. NOT q Development of these United States,
.u' f. survival. merely. of an aboriginal
'rti'
norr va- warm applause by members
''a congress for those of their number
.u .i.riarcd the study had convinced them
..tt here was intimate communication
otwoon 'il- continent and Asia in early
.u... hat human development had been
.,ri Westward. going from America to
'-.. and at ~" rcdiscovcry Of these con-
.irar'- in the fifteenth century 1t had
merely got around again TO the starting
t.jul.
The president Of NJ" congress. Morris X.
.I,-up. who l. ais" president Of ihc museum.
..u.4,l ~" session with bret speech.
sa "a, followed 10y the Due dc Loubat.
.,a- rI,,- ld,u' Of the congress, also with
r short welcome. 4 greeting was read
rom tho president of the last congress,
~. T Hamy If the Institute OF France.
A2rEC RECORDS PRESERVED.
The Due de Ipuhst opened the afternoon
-,e..iou with an address relating to re-
ntoia"'.uns ."f Aztec codice-. presented
~ him 80 tho American Museum and Ia
,arIou- other institutions. Inc Duke at
rackcd the prevalent belief that the monks
. no cam" 80 New Spain DESTROYED all the
historical records 81 the h.athen natives
nat they could lay their hands upon.
Tie Duke said that the Indians them
.olyn-. when they conquered a CITY, used
o., DESTROY N. temples tn" .irs' thing, and
nat many early records so persisted. a.
'io records were kept in the temples. The
monk, wanted to stop human SACRIFICES
when thny h"9an the work Of civilization,
and 50 trcv burned some Things connected
with tho Eeathou temples. But that lheV
elected such historical records A. they
.uuid and sent them 10 Rom" and 70 tho
spanish cities vas proved 10y the finding
4 the codioes 81 tho Sahagin. the Book
Of the A2tac,, in tho libraries Of the Vatican
md elsewhere These, hy permission NJ
rho Pope, the Duke has had reproduced
= chrome photographs and distributed
tmorg all the chief libraries at 'ho world,
on 10 japan
The Duke surrendered the chair 20 tho
.|,ce- president for tho United States Prof.
" Putnam Of Harvard AMI the Americas
Museum Prof. Putnam. by virtue Of his
flee. was "a outline recent activities in
snthropology IN tho United states. hut he
1elegated several workers IN that fold
80 Do most If the telling for him, calling
1r-t upon " J Niece 81 the Bureau #
american E'hno.ogy.
ABORIGINAL LESSONS ~ LIVING.
We have come to the conclusion" Mr.
NcCee said. that the white man may
croft much from a study of the life of tho
aboriginal landowners Of this country.
With respect both TO the Use Of natural
."rourCr, aud 70 tn" manner "t living.
Ne have reached this conclusion largely
trough the researches in Porto Rico 81
,Ia'iou for tho Advancement Of Science.
aid ''''''' W ''' '
vilushls lessons in bouss building which
. ,,n piro h .,'%' r'. he rrorts.
.'v studied hy =" ,tir-uncked tuGlo-SIvon
no want. to bnHd w." samo Sort OF house
lat his i,''"r- built, no matter what clima'"
may aom4C!lo himself IN
In tho tir~o Of Coronado ton times the pres
ut popuauon vas supported in arid regions
e. tVs and
.ons ther" before tho Apach" wars ON"
~ the problems 10 which "" are, addressing
ourselves J.. 10" all th"n" pcopl" managed
One yorker, ha- shown, 'hat there we're
..lu- very similar TO tho heraldic systems
Of Iprop" Tho American syste,ns show
90 earlier dov.lopmrnt than n" European,
'ls, SIC" Fletcher aud Dr Georg" 4.
Ior>.r ~ their rcscarc'es, are lcv"'dins
.l" d"N clopnent Of the aborigines IN music.
'rr drama and poc-y, and their work is rear
nr q monument to tCo-e people. IT." crca-
on MYTHS Of IN" various lroGuois tribes are
"inS studied. and comparative mythology
romls,N 20 h' OF great benz n, in thr, study
Doreual linguistic. Is hsnr taken up by
ROT BoI> ot Columbia University
EARLY ISrER RELATIONS WITH ASIA.
Dr. W. J Holland. speaking for the
tarn"gia Institute Of Pittsburg, said that
hoy we're studying the Monongahela and
NeRhenv valleys, where they found sheil
iNap- and sculptured rocks, the remains
{ villages of ancient peoples. and they
E"rr now engaged in mapping this section
{ western Pennsylvania.
Or. stewart Culin of the Archaeological
>titGte Of the University of Pennsylvania
Old Of The opportunities he had had to study
.N" INTERPRETATION of the peoples Of this
ointment and of eastern Asia. He said:
nov fool we'll assured that in the remote
nfst fNo'e have been very intimate relations
md communication, and tNat Influences aud
.'oua went from our continent 10 Asia aud
o." Pacific Islands that influences from our
Continent Affected tho systems OF culture of
= Old World, instead OF Influences Tor civil
.nIou coming from Asia here.
PRof. MORSE SLrRs MS coUNTRyMEN.
Prof. Edward :. Morse Of the Essex In
-I'tUt" a. Salem and the Peabody Academy
"I Sciences, distinguished himself by be-
'puhug his coun'rymon before strangers.
'I"t, More wa pointing ont that the valu-
able Sab" Museum wa, made 10y the COM
Uon people, meaning 10y sea captains who
allied around the two iapes, "A century ago,
IA contrast with the upbuilding of the mu-
~ouIn- of to-day which owe their existence
.p the muuifconce Of the wealthy. The
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