Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-27
STATE MUSEUM NOTES


( SPECIAL coRRgsrohpEHcE TO MORNING JOURNAL
! Santa Fe, June 26.--M Miss Alice G..
| Fletcher Of Washington, D. c.. chair
man emeritus of the School of Am-
! erican Archaeology, has contributed
| a monograph on the Concepts of Ma
| ture Among American Natives" that
/ is of wide interest. She says that a
/ broad view of the concepts held by
the tribes Of this continent makes IT
evident that to the American natives
the cosmos was a living unit, similar
to family and permeated Ey mys-
/ FERROUS, unseen life-giving power
/ which had brought nature into being
I and provided for its perpetuation
J through the dual tmasculine and
I feminno) forces. Sky and earth are
their simplest representatives, Each
section is made up of parts and each
part partakes of the function Of its
section Man is not regarded as "A
distinct creation, but as an integral
part of nature, deriving his physical
and psNchical existence from the same
mysterious power that animates all
other portions Of the cosmos MANY
tribes have given this power a spe-
cific name which is held in reverence
This power was the object of worship
in the tribal rites in which symbols
Of animal and physical forces were
widely used, but nowhere did these
symbols take on a human form Tri-
bal rites were primarily religious and
We're fundamental 10 the tribal or
ganization which aimed to reflect the
concepts Of cosmos and mans rela-
ZION TO 1t, Secular government was
subordinate TO tribal rites. To the
mysterious power certain human
qualities were ascrbed, as order,
truthfulness, justice, pity The right
to govern was also attributed; the
punishment of fasty and wrong-do
ing. These anthropomorphc as
criptiOns We're never fully carried out
and crystallized AMONG the native |
Americans as was done on the east
ern continent. The belief that all !
things were alive and could affect the /
physical and psychical life of man was !
also common to both hemispheres !
The expressions Of this belief on the /
two continents affords material for
an instructive comparison.
Splendid motion pictures Of the eX-
cavations at the Pecos ruins were
obtained by c. j. Blanchard for the .
United states government and he
promises 10 return in October TO take
more views, especially of life in the I
Indian pueblos one picture of the
Pecos mission church and faoss as
restored by the school of American
Archaeology taken at sunset Is pro-
nounced a thing of marvellous beauty
by Mr.. Blanchard and associates who
declare that for pictorial qualities.
aside from all other considerations,
this portion Of the United States
stands unexcelled They predict that
within few years New Mexico will
entertain thousands of tourists whore
it entertains only hundreds at pres
ent.
The following registered at the nu-
scum Katherine r. Graves, Denver
William NJ McGnnis, Nina McGin
MIS- Boulder, Mrs. c. c. Hamilton,
Georgetown. colo. Mrs. j. C. Coulter.
Manassa, Colo Mrs Margaret Dough
~, Miss Lila Doughty. r. L. Remain,
pr NJ r.. Desmarais, wife and son,
Las Vegas; w. II. Swar6 Clifton,
Ariz Carmelita Montoya. Los Cerril-
los, y A.; James l.. kreeger Boon
vile. Mo-; Mrs j. W. Beard. Syra-
ruse, ~ Y. George l. Armstrong,
y. G.; w. II. Simpson,
Chicago, Charles j. MusantZ. Bridge
port, Conn George G. Classen,
brooklyn, n Y. Mr.. and Mrs. II. W.
Nedes, Fairfield. Iowa, Jean S. Hen
derson Elmira. y. Y. A. Rofe, New
York. w. II Swart. Clifton. Ariz.: Mr..
md Mrs. f. 5. Ellsworth. Misses Tits
worth, Denver. Miss Margaret Tay-
or Canadaigua. y. \. Mrs. Char
otte G. Ellsworth Newark, ~ j..
H. 5. Cowlng. Washington, -. c.. Nj
md Mrs W. K. Moulton. Albuquer-
que; Miss Annie Metz. Biebee, Ariz-