Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . 82 SMITHSONIAN MTSrELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 portaiit new linguistic material, he obtained a numl)er of myth^belonging chiefly to the Coyote cycle. This work was l)ronght to asuccessful close towards the end of March. In the early part of June he went to Hay Center, Washington,where he was told could be found, still extant, some members of theWillapa tribe, an important branch of the Pacific group of the. Fk;. 80.—William Hartless. a Kalapuva Indian about 65years of age. PhotograplT from Frachtenberg. Athapascan fa
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . 82 SMITHSONIAN MTSrELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 portaiit new linguistic material, he obtained a numl)er of myth^belonging chiefly to the Coyote cycle. This work was l)ronght to asuccessful close towards the end of March. In the early part of June he went to Hay Center, Washington,where he was told could be found, still extant, some members of theWillapa tribe, an important branch of the Pacific group of the. Fk;. 80.—William Hartless. a Kalapuva Indian about 65years of age. PhotograplT from Frachtenberg. Athapascan family. Cnfortunately, uj^on close investigation, thesereported A\illapas jjroved to belong to the Chehalis tribe of theSalish family, a circumstance that substantiated his previously ex-pressed belief that the W illapa Indians are entirely extinct. Upon hisreturn to Siletz, Oregon, Dr. Frachtenberg began work on the Kala-])uyan family, collecting linguistic notes and mythological materialuntil the middle of September, when the work had to be discontinuedfor lack of funds. xo. 8 SMITllSONIAX KXILORATIOXS, H;I3 83 FIHLD-WORK AMONG THE CATAWBA, FOX, SUTAIO, ANDSAUK INDL/VNS l-roni a study of Siouan and Muskogean languages, it appearedthat these stocks resemble each other nior]^hologically as compared
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