First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology

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Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy), 1840-1929

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First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881

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Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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English

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E011: History: America: America

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Indians of Central America -- Languages -- Writing

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32938

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June 20, 2010

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIRST ANNUAL REPORT — OF THE — BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY
2. 2.SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — 1879-’80 — BY — J. W. POWELL DIRECTOR
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. — INTRODUCTORY. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — ON THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE,
6. 6.THE SPECIALIZATION OF THE GRAMMATIC PROCESSES, THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH, AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE SENTENCE; FROM A STUDY OF INDIAN LANGUAGES. — BY — J. W. POWELL. — CONTENTS.
7. 7.THE SPECIALIZATION OF THE GRAMMATIC PROCESSES, THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH, AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE SENTENCE; FROM A STUDY OF INDIAN LANGUAGES. — I.—THE PROCESS BY COMBINATION. — II.—THE PROCESS BY VOCALIC MUTATION. — III.—THE PROCESS BY INTONATION. — IV.—THE PROCESS BY PLACEMENT. — DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — SKETCH
8. 8.MYTHOLOGY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — BY — J. W. POWELL. — CONTENTS.
9. 9.NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — THE GENESIS OF PHILOSOPHY. — TWO GRAND STAGES OF PHILOSOPHY. — MYTHOLOGIC PHILOSOPHY HAS FOUR STAGES. — OUTGROWTH FROM MYTHOLOGIC PHILOSOPHY. — THE COURSE OF EVOLUTION IN MYTHOLOGIC PHILOSOPHY. — MYTHIC TALES. — THE CĬN-AÚ-ÄV BROTHERS DISCUSS MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE PEOPLE. — ORIGIN OF THE ECHO. — THE SO´-KÛS WAI´-ÛN-ÄTS. — TA-VWOTS´ HAS A FIGHT WITH THE SUN. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — WYANDOT GOVERNMENT:
10. 10.A SHORT STUDY OF TRIBAL SOCIETY. — BY — J. W. POWELL. — CONTENTS.
11. 11.A SHORT STUDY OF TRIBAL SOCIETY. — THE FAMILY. — THE GENS. — THE PHRATRY. — GOVERNMENT. — CIVIL GOVERNMENT. — METHODS OF CHOOSING AND INSTALLING COUNCILLORS AND CHIEFS. — FUNCTIONS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT. — MARRIAGE REGULATIONS. — NAME REGULATIONS. — REGULATIONS OF PERSONAL ADORNMENT. — REGULATIONS OF ORDER IN ENCAMPMENT AND MIGRATIONS. — PROPERTY RIGHTS. — RIGHTS OF PERSON. — COMMUNITY RIGHTS. — RIGHTS OF RELIGION. — CRIMES. — THEFT. — MAIMING. — MURDER. — TREASON. — WITCHCRAFT. — OUTLAWRY. — MILITARY GOVERNMENT. — FELLOWHOOD. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — ON LIMITATIONS TO THE USE — OF SOME — ANTHROPOLOGIC DATA. — BY — J. W. POWELL. — CONTENTS.
12. 12.ON LIMITATIONS TO THE USE OF SOME ANTHROPOLOGIC DATA. — ARCHÆOLOGY. — PICTURE-WRITING. — HISTORY, CUSTOMS, AND ETHNIC CHARACTERISTICS. — ORIGIN OF MAN. — LANGUAGE. — MYTHOLOGY. — SOCIOLOGY. — PSYCHOLOGY. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION — TO THE — STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS
13. 13.NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — BY — Dr. H. C. YARROW, — ACT. ASST. SURG., U.S.A. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
14. 14.STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS — INTRODUCTORY. — CLASSIFICATION OF BURIAL. — INHUMATION. — PIT BURIAL. — GRAVE BURIAL. — STONE GRAVES OR CISTS. — BURIAL IN MOUNDS. — BURIAL BENEATH, OR IN CABINS, WIGWAMS, OR HOUSES. — CAVE BURIAL. — EMBALMMENT OR MUMMIFICATION. — URN-BURIAL. — SURFACE BURIAL. — CAIRN-BURIAL. — CREMATION. — PARTIAL CREMATION. — AERIAL SEPULTURE. — LODGE-BURIAL. — BOX-BURIAL. — TREE AND SCAFFOLD BURIAL. — PARTIAL SCAFFOLD BURIAL AND OSSUARIES. — SUPERTERRENE AND AERIAL BURIAL IN CANOES. — AQUATIC BURIAL. — LIVING SEPULCHERS. — MOURNING, SACRIFICE, FEASTS, FOOD, DANCES, SONGS, GAMES, POSTS, FIRES, AND SUPERSTITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH BURIAL. — MOURNING. — SACRIFICE. — FEASTS. — SUPERSTITION REGARDING BURIAL FEASTS. — FOOD. — DANCES. — SONGS. — GAMES. — POSTS. — FIRES. — SUPERSTITIONS. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — STUDIES — IN — CENTRAL AMERICAN PICTURE-WRITING. — BY — EDWARD S. HOLDEN, — PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
15. 15.STUDIES IN CENTRAL AMERICAN PICTURE-WRITING. — I. — II. MATERIALS FOR THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION. — III. SYSTEM OF NOMENCLATURE. — IV. IN WHAT ORDER ARE THE HIEROGLYPHS READ? — V. THE CARD-CATALOGUE OF HIEROGLYPHS. — VI. COMPARISON OF PLATES I AND IV (COPAN). — VII. ARE THE HIEROGLYPHS OF COPAN AND PALENQUE IDENTICAL? — VIII. — HUITZILOPOCHTLI (MEXICAN GOD OF WAR), TEOYAOMIQUI (MEXICAN GODDESS OF DEATH), MICLANTECUTLI (MEXICAN GOD OF HELL), AND TLALOC (MEXICAN RAIN-GOD), CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO CENTRAL AMERICAN DIVINITIES. — IX. TLALOC, OR HIS MAYA REPRESENTATIVE. — INSCRIPTION AT KABAH (Yucatan). — X. CUKULCAN OR QUETZALCOATL. — XI. COMPARISON OF THE SIGNS OF THE MAYA MONTHS (LANDA) WITH THE TABLETS. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — CESSIONS OF LAND BY INDIAN TRIBES
16. 16.ILLUSTRATED BY THOSE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. — BY — C. C. ROYCE. — CONTENTS. — ILLUSTRATION
17. 17.CESSIONS OF LAND BY INDIAN TRIBES TO THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED BY THOSE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. — CHARACTER OF THE INDIAN TITLE. — INDIAN BOUNDARIES. — ORIGINAL AND SECONDARY CESSIONS. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — SIGN LANGUAGE — AMONG — NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
18. 18.COMPARED WITH THAT AMONG OTHER PEOPLES AND DEAF-MUTES. — BY — GARRICK MALLERY. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
19. 19.NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS — COMPARED WITH THAT AMONG OTHER PEOPLES AND DEAF-MUTES. — INTRODUCTORY. — DIVISIONS OF GESTURE SPEECH. — THE ORIGIN OF SIGN LANGUAGE. — GESTURES OF THE LOWER ANIMALS. — GESTURES OF YOUNG CHILDREN. — GESTURES IN MENTAL DISORDER. — UNINSTRUCTED DEAF-MUTES. — GESTURES OF THE BLIND. — LOSS OF SPEECH BY ISOLATION. — LOW TRIBES OF MAN. — GESTURES AS AN OCCASIONAL RESOURCE. — GESTURES OF FLUENT TALKERS. — INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO GESTURES. — NATURAL PANTOMIME. — SOME THEORIES UPON PRIMITIVE LANGUAGE. — CONCLUSIONS. — HISTORY OF GESTURE LANGUAGE. — MODERN USE OF GESTURE SPEECH. — USE BY OTHER PEOPLES THAN NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — USE BY MODERN ACTORS AND ORATORS. — OUR INDIAN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO SIGN LANGUAGE. — THEORIES ENTERTAINED RESPECTING INDIAN SIGNS. — NOT CORRELATED WITH MEAGERNESS OF LANGUAGE. — ITS ORIGIN FROM ONE TRIBE OR REGION. — IS THE INDIAN SYSTEM SPECIAL AND PECULIAR? — TO WHAT EXTENT PREVALENT AS A SYSTEM. — ARE SIGNS CONVENTIONAL OR INSTINCTIVE? — CLASSES OF DIVERSITIES IN SIGNS. — RESULTS SOUGHT IN THE STUDY OF SIGN LANGUAGE. — PRACTICAL APPLICATION. — RELATIONS TO PHILOLOGY. — SIGN LANGUAGE WITH REFERENCE TO GRAMMAR. — GESTURES AIDING ARCHÆOLOGIC RESEARCH. — NOTABLE POINTS FOR FURTHER RESEARCHES. — INVENTION OF NEW SIGNS. — DANGER OF SYMBOLIC INTERPRETATION. — SIGNS USED BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. — POSITIVE SIGNS RENDERED NEGATIVE. — DETAILS OF POSITIONS OF FINGERS. — MOTIONS RELATIVE TO PARTS OF THE BODY. — SUGGESTIONS FOR COLLECTING SIGNS. — MODE IN WHICH RESEARCHES HAVE BEEN MADE. — LIST OF AUTHORITIES AND COLLABORATORS. — ALGONKIAN. — DAKOTAN. — IROQUOIAN. — KAIOWAN. — KUTINEAN. — PANIAN. — PIMAN. — SAHAPTIAN. — SHOSHONIAN. — TINNEAN. — WICHITAN. — ZUÑIAN. — FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. — EXTRACTS FROM DICTIONARY. — TRIBAL SIGNS. — PROPER NAMES. — PHRASES. — DIALOGUES. — TENDOY-HUERITO DIALOGUE. — OMAHA COLLOQUY. — BRULÉ DAKOTA COLLOQUY. — DIALOGUE BETWEEN ALASKAN INDIANS. — OJIBWA DIALOGUE. — NARRATIVES. — NÁTCI’S NARRATIVE. — PATRICIO’S NARRATIVE. — NA-WA-GI-JIG’S STORY. — DISCOURSES. — ADDRESS OF KIN CHĒ-ĔSS. — TSO-DI-A´-KO’S REPORT. — LEAN WOLF’S COMPLAINT — SIGNALS. — SIGNALS EXECUTED BY BODILY ACTION. — SIGNALS IN WHICH OBJECTS ARE USED IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONAL ACTION. — SIGNALS MADE WHEN THE PERSON OF THE SIGNALIST IS NOT VISIBLE. — SMOKE SIGNALS GENERALLY. — SMOKE SIGNALS OF THE APACHES. — FOREIGN SMOKE SIGNALS. — FIRE ARROWS. — DUST SIGNALS. — NOTES ON CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO SIGNALS. — SCHEME OF ILLUSTRATION. — OUTLINES FOR ARM POSITIONS IN SIGN LANGUAGE. — ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT. — TYPES OF HAND POSITIONS IN SIGN LANGUAGE. — EXAMPLES. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — CATALOGUE — OF — LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS
20. 20.LIBRARY OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. — BY — JAMES C. PILLING. — CONTENTS.
21. 21.CATALOGUE OF LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR — ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD — OF — RECORDING INDIAN LANGUAGES. — FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF MESSRS. J. O. DORSEY, A. S. GATSCHET, AND S. R. RIGGS. — CONTENTS.
22. 22.ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD OF RECORDING INDIAN LANGUAGES. — HOW THE RABBIT CAUGHT THE SUN IN A TRAP. — NOTES. — TRANSLATION. — DETAILS OF A CONJURER’S PRACTICE. — NOTES. — Kálak. THE RELAPSE. — NOTES. — SWEAT-LODGES. — NOTES. — A DOG’S REVENGE. — NOTES. — TRANSLATION.
23. 23.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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