The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-11-14

nvidencesf 81 ths Cioss Relationship
az Retwesn the Tribes of the
Northern Region.

The earliest history Of our native
vaces and the question Of the tribalrela-
tons between these races and those Of
Asia have long interested anthropolo-
Gists. says the New York sun.
L While anthropology was young. imas-
nation led some inQuirers to identity
the aborigines of America with one or
another Of the ancient peoples Of the
old world. Then came a reactions from
this view, which eliminated in the
opinion advanced by DR.. d. G. Brintop,
who believed the American race and
American culture were entirely inde-
pendent of those of the old world.
This view seemed to be extreme. and
anthropologists agreed that the time
had come for a. very careful study OF
the neighboring tribes Of Asia and
North America, in the hope that such
investigations would throw light on
their past relationships.
Since 1897 much time and labor have
been devoted to these researches The
most important of them have been in
cluded in the work Of the Jesup North
Pacific expedition.
AS Is well known, the various parties
In this expedition have investigated the
isolated tribes between Behring strait
and Columbia river, and also the iso-
lated tribes of northeastern Siberia.
The problem to be solved in Asia was the
relation of the isolated tribes Of Siberia
to the Turkish and fungus tribes Of that
continent on one side Of them, and to
the isolated tribes Of northwestern
America on the other.
In q similar way, the problem In
America was the relation Of the coast
tribes OF the northwest to the more
southerly tribes of our continent on one
hand, and to the Siberian tribes on the
other.
The American Museum Journal has
Just printed resume of the history of
the organization of the -Jesup North
Pacific expedition and of the field work
which 1t carried out. The investi-
gators who took part in the field work
are this fall all engaged in studies OF
the materials collected. 1t will be
some time before this work Is COM
pleted, and 1t is estimated that the
series of scientific reports resulting
from the expedition will fill at least
IL Quarto volumes.
1t is of course premature to draw
final conclusions as to the early. tribal
relations between the Inhabitants of
northeastern Asia and northwestern
North America, because the greater
part Of the materials collected are not
yet available for purposes of COMPARE
SON. 3 It is not too early. however. to
refer to the very important conclusion
which, 1t seems even now, will be JUS
titled by the final summing UP Of the
work. $50
The Jesup expedition seems to have
established the close relationship be-
tween the peoples Of Asia and Amer
lea. Their studies have apparently
made clear the fact that the isolated
tribes of eastern Siberia and those of
the northwest coast of America form
one race similar in type and with many
elements of culture In common.
It seems to be proved that the unity
Of race in these two quarters of the
globe facing each other was much
greater in former times than 1t is now;
that the earlier conditions were dis
turbed by the invasion of eastern
tribes in America, such as the Eskimo,
Athabascan and Salishan; and of
western and southern tribes In Asia,
such as the Yakut and fungus.
Still, enough evidence has been Sc
cured to lead to the conclusion that the
tribes Of this whole area must be con-
sidered as single race; or at least
that their culture is single culture
which at one time was found in both
the northeastern part of Asia and the
northwestern part Of North America.