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tion of the Wyandots of Seneca, Mo. Much of the material has already appeared in the Journal of American Folk-Lore and the "Report of the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Ontario." The author promises in the near future a much more elaborate treatment of the subject.

Juavan. The Juaves, discussed by Professor Starr (pp. 63–67 of paper titled below), who dwell on the Pacific shore of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, speak a language, classed by Brinton and others as of independent stock. Dress, net-making, canoes, commerce, superstitions are noted. The dress of these Indians is very primitive, and they have the general reputation of going naked. Net-making is here a work of the men, and "as they walk, or sit talking, men are always busy at their nets." The alligators of the lagoons are considered naguals, and are always treated well by fishermen, who throw back into the water some of the fish they have caught.

Mixtec-Zapotecan. Mixtec. Pages 37–41 of Professor Starr's essay titled below, deal with the Mixtecs of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Guerrero, their houses, dress, pottery-making, funerals, etc. At Tilantongo, where Spanish influence has been greatest, "none of the men and few of the women retain native dress." The tenates, or palm-strip mats, made at Yodocono, etc., are famous; likewise the pottery of Cuquila. Cairns are not uncommon in the Mixtecan country, and "each Indian passer-by usually adds his contribution," the belief prevailing that "foot-weariness may be removed by rubbing the foot with one of these pebbles."—Zapotccan (pp. 45–52). Houses, dress, arts and industries (cotton-weaving, shoemaking, pottery, etc.), superstitions, etc., are discussed. These Indians appear to be intelligent, industrious, acquisitive, and progressive, and they have produced "men eminent as political leaders, soldiers, and scholars,—Juarez was a full-blood Zapotec." In the Tehuantepec region "the women appear to have more energy and quicker intelligence than their husbands." The legend concerning Tehuantepec, "the hill of the man-eaters (pumas) " is very curious. Beliefs about naguals, evil eye, etc., and ex-voto cairns abound. It is also believed that "deformities like harelip and defective members are due to the eclipsed moon," and women about to give birth to children are advised to "bind a key or any piece of iron next their body, under the belt, to protect against this misfortune."—Triqui. The Triquis (pp. 41–45) of the high mountains of Tlaxiaco and Juxtlahuaca, speak a language considered by some authorities to belong to the Mixtec-Zapotecan family, but which is perhaps independent. House, dress, and industries are described. The carrying-cloths for tortillas have sometimes designs worked in "highly formal and conventionalized human figures."—Cuicatecs. To the same family belongs the Ian-