Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . Fig. 62.—Polychrome vase /;; situ. Ruatan Island Fig. 63.—Broken metates and other artifacts, Barburata Island offertory. RESCUING THE EARLY HISTORY OF THECALIFORNIA INDIANS Bv JOHN P. HARRINGTON Eflnioloyisf, Bureau of American EtJiuolociy Each month that passes is sweeping us farther from good sourcesof information on the ancient hfe of the western Indians. After 8oyears of overvvhehning ccjntact with the Americans, old informants arenow heing reduced in numher faster than ever hefore—at a trulyalarming rate. The
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . Fig. 62.—Polychrome vase /;; situ. Ruatan Island Fig. 63.—Broken metates and other artifacts, Barburata Island offertory. RESCUING THE EARLY HISTORY OF THECALIFORNIA INDIANS Bv JOHN P. HARRINGTON Eflnioloyisf, Bureau of American EtJiuolociy Each month that passes is sweeping us farther from good sourcesof information on the ancient hfe of the western Indians. After 8oyears of overvvhehning ccjntact with the Americans, old informants arenow heing reduced in numher faster than ever hefore—at a trulyalarming rate. The customs and languages of these western Indianswere intensely diversified locally and reached some of the strangestpeaks of development known to anthropological science. The impor-tance of this information for use in texthooks and comparative studiesmakes the immediate rescue of the data one of the most desirableethnological undertakings of the present time. The Spanish period of history in California left us only one accountthat deals with the life of the Indians in detail, a remarkable bookwritten by Father Jeronimo
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