The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-13
Smithsonian Institute Is
Conducting Explorations in
Many Little Known Lands


these contained eleven members. One
caniona. within 100 yards OF me ana
ecrnunlzcd me cry closely. whiic hh
wife (an I took his companion 10 bel
appeared 10 be very uneasy and sus-
piciQus. on several occasions 4 havr
seen The young ouca fompinR and
tumblipe about on the grass. chasing
and sculfilng with each other. exactly
a. You zee Human Children do. A
school Of them slept. a few nights ago,
house. IN q very small clnmp OF bush.
not more Than a hecthro In exten. 81
one side Of which 10 Lake fernan Naz
and all around tho rest Of "A an open
plain. with the quarters or my crew.
men not more than zoo yards orray on
the opposite side from me and a ma
tive village In plain view 300 yards
away a. an angie II about 80 dcfreea
from the cFtWmen'a village. have
never before seen 90 many chimpnn-
HeeB a. find here n 1 have never
seen ther1 80 Indifferent TO h pres
ence OF human beings. Even lille
WA building and had rs many as
"a or 2e natives moving about the
place. theac reckless apes would often
cross the open plain n full View and
with apparent c0mposurc.'
Equally valuable work was done IN
Borneo by Mr.. Raven In gathering to-
ecther a large collection OF birds and
mammals. an from regions not hith-
erto represented.
The pamphlet then describes botan-
ical explorations In Ecuador Three
months we're devoted TO the work
there. aud several hundred packets
OF seeds. a number OF wood specimens,
SAMPLES OF cinchonabark. as well as
small collections OF fishes, frogs,
shells, and other geological material
were obtnincd. The eotanishl Held
work carried ON by the division OF
plants IN the southwestern United
States consisted chiefly OF a study of
grasses and timber. Several days were
spent In investigator In the vicinity
OF Longs Peak. Colorado. An extract
from the 9amphies says; The tim
ber-line IL at approximately 1900
feet. In this vicinity the trees are
stunted by the force OF the winds and
can develop only In the ice OF rocks
and hiiiocks. II Il not TO
find a dense growth OF pine or spruce
up 10 the levsi OF n protecting ledge.
but prevented by IA force OF he
wind from extending above this level"
A four weeks exploration OF the
littlo known region OF the Ten Thou
sand Islands In Florida by DR.. Aies
Hrdiicka, OF tho National museum.
was made for the purpose OF studying
more closely the seminole Indians NV
ing there. Valuable data az 90 their
former history were obtained. Arch
Biological work on old Indian construc-
tions In Peru and also in Colorado and
Utah brought forth Interesting re-
suits. New studies were made Of the
Incas. and also OF the cliff jewellers
in our own country. A study OF The
prehistoric inhabitants OF The Gulf OF
Mexico brought to light new facts
about the mound builders, when on,
fer from those fourd In the United
Slater. Research was also carried on
In ARIZONA and central Missouri on
archaeological remains, with special
attention given TO Indian relies.
The Kiowa Indians and associated
tribes OF Oklahoma were Investigated
by Mr.. James Mooney. lie studied
the origin, history, decoration, myths
and ceremonial regulations IN con-
nection with the shield and heraldic
tipis, with incidental attention to the
tribal aystems OF g%eneology, heredity,
and medicine, together with the war
rior organization n shield songs.
Like work was lone among the lro-
quols in Ontario, Canada, by Mr.. j.
n. b. Hewitt, but special attention
was devoted TO work on the literary
criticism OF the many texts whleh ne
had previously recorded relating 10
the establishment OF the federation n
the five nations OF the Iroq1ois. ana
especially TO the organic institute 9ns
OF this tribe. Many OF the Indian
chiefs helped Mr.. Hewitt in this work
by relating the traditions and the
rituals OF their tribes handed down
from age 10 age.
The life OF the Choctaw Indians In
Mississippi was investigated by DIT.
John Swanton. who also then went 70
south Carolina to study the Catawba
Language. He found IL 10 be the key
to the sioux dialects OF hat region,
and IL IL also OF value in tracing the
evolution OF the entire stock Inter-
essing studies were ais made OF the
customs Of the Usage tribe by Francis
La FIeschc. as well as those OF Kiowa.
Tewa. and California Indians by J. Z.
Harrington.