The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-02
BELIEVES HE FOUND
ORIGIN OF INDIANS
Smithsonian Explorer Rewarded in ST.
IBERIA, Mongolia anu I'll

Washington. d. G., Aug. 2.-The
Smithsonian institution has issued an H.
Illustrated pamphlet dealing with the
many scientific expeditions conducted un-
der its direction or in which it's repre-
sentatiyes participated The pamphlet
describes the work of about twenty
different parties, and the territory COW
cred includes portions of British east
Africa, Abyssinia, Algeria, eastern ST.
IBERIA and Mongolia, the Altai mountains,
Borneo, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska,
British Columbia, Alberta, Newfound-
land. Labrador, the Panama canal zone,
the Bahama Islands and many sections
of the United States.
DIR. Ales HerdIicka went to Siberia and
Mongolia to study the physical anthrop-
ology of the natives. In searching for
data concerning the race, which is sup
posed to have peopled America, he was
able to make only rapid survey of the
several localities where the remains of
this race dwell. He gathered extensive
information and collections. from which
he draws the conclusion that there ex-
ist in several places in Siberia, Mongolia
and Tibet numerous remains Of an an
Gent population which was physically
identical with and in all probability
gave rise to the American Indian.
Mammals Collected in Borneo.
II G. Raven has been collecting nam
mails and chronological material in Dutch
east Borneo for two years and Daniel
d. Streeter OF Brooklyn has served as
cola borator for the national museum
in collecting mammals in trip through
Sarawak and Dutch Borneo. Much val
liable material was secured.
DIR. W. /. Abbott, who financed the
Dutch east Borneo expedition under Mr..
Raven and who has presented many
large collections to the National mu-
scum, has been carrying on personal
in Cashmere, where he has
been trapping and studying the smaller
mammals of that country, specimens of
which have been sent to the museum.
Through the invitation Of Dr. Theo-
dore Lyman Of Harvard university, the
was enabled to cooperate
with the Museum Of comparative zoology
in an expedition to the Atai mountains
Of Siberia and Mongolia. ~ HOLSTER
represented the National museum and
has as his assistant Conrad Kahn Of
Vienna, the celebrated Alpine guide.
Leaving America in May, 1912, the
party spent nearly five months in the
field. returning in September with fine
series Of mammals and birds, four rams
Of the largest known of the wild sheep,
two forms of ibex and gazelle. OF
$50 mammals in the collection, eleven
forms are new to science and about
twenty were not represented previously
in the museum.
George Mixter visited Siberia, where
he got certain mammals from the re-
gion about Lake Baikal. among them
bear and seal.
Big Collection From East Africa.
The hunting trip carried on by Paul ].
Rainey in British East Africa in which
the Institution was represented BY Ed
mund Heller, was terminated in Deem
Der, 1911, and since then the collection
has been received at the National mu-
scum. Nearly 1000 mammals. 1000 rep
tiles and 400 birds were obtained, as
well as many land shells and botanical
specimens. From the collection which
that Of the Smithsonian
African expedition to an important de.
gree there have been as many as forty
lew species and twelve new genera de-
5cribed
The astrophysicaI observatory Of the
Smithsonian institution again sent an
expedition to Bassour, Algeria, for the |
of observations relative to |
he heat Of the sun. an investigation |
N which the observatory has been work
ng for the last seven years. with OBJ |
,erving station on Mount WILSON, Cali |
'ornia. and during two seasons in Al
yeria
Mr.. Abbot. director Of the observatory,
ays that the observations of the last |
'ear prove conclusively the supposed va
liability of the solar rays.