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Show 394 IiEPOX'T OF SUPERINTERDENT OF INDIAS SCHOOLS. Aside fro111 the Reusselaer school and a fern esl~ibitsin the Indian school building from Standing Itock, Ytuua, etc., strictly Gover~nneut schools, tl~ouglku nder Catholic coutrol, t.he Romau Catholics have their Indiau ~uission school exhibits in connection with their geueral edn-catioual exhibits. It mould seem better to have hat1 it more distinct, so that it ~vonldu ot have been so easily confounded with their g e~~e f a l work. Their exhibits of Indian penmanship aud fancy l~eedleworka re seldou~ equaled; the portfolios of Iudian school exercises ase cretlit-able a ~ a~tt.drac tive; but the specimens of indnstries and tradt?~\,$ *ere not equal to n-hat I mould have bee11 glad to see. I ETHNOLOGICAL. The selmrate space iu the liberal arts builtling, iuteuiled for edu-o; ttional disl~lavs\.v asturned over to exhibits in the liuc of anthrouoloe~. ethnology, ~~a~eo'ntoloagu,d~ ,k indred subject.^. JIere is all i1;tmeG;e col leet~oof~ 1~1 tdia11r elics, beautifu1l.v classi6ed. comurising household implements, clothi~~g~,n s t r ume~o~f t sw ar, articles -for rdigious cere-inouies, all giriug sneh an insight into the lnenners of those people as could not be gained by a lifetime of reading. Striking relic8 of low Australian life are bronght into co~nparisou with North American Indians, shomi~lgth e latter relatively as soholarly ge~~tlemeinn the contrast. This gradation strikingly appears in the exhibit in the anthropological buildiug. Here are material aryumeuts which show tke superiority in the scale of eivilizatiou of nations under the influence of Christianity and thosenever nuder it8 sway. The Aztec civilization, wit11 its barbaric features, are strikingly exhibited. The etlu~ological building in itself is a world of wonders, to wvhieh I can giveouly a passiug allusion. Here are found numerous model8 exhibiting scenes of interest io Iudiau life, a,~uong which are exact reproductions of Aeoma aud Taos pueblos, and the villages of the Moquis. Other localities mere recognized as facsimiles of what I bad visited in New Mexico and Arizona. This eshibit is of great valne educatiom~llya nd as a cont,ribntio~tro scie~~ce. I EXTEIUOR INDIAN EXHIBITS. Tho atudy of aothropology is by no means confined to the interior of the bnilrling bearing that name. Jnst outside, aud llesr the Indiau school bnilding, Prof. Putnam has brought together Indians from various tribes.iu North America who live in tents or huts. Here we eight Penobscot Indians, or Abenikis, from tbe Pine Tree State. They look clean, speali English well, and carry on a large traffic in articles of their own manufact~lre. . Eere is also an Iroquois village, uuder 1Eev. J. W. Sanboru, rlkeetor in obief, and IZev. J. H. Maston assistant, with eight Indians, two Senaei~I I I ~ I Ia nd one rnomau, one Tuscarora man and one womau, one Mohawk momnn, one Onondaga man, andoneOneida woman. Most of these show the strong India11 type, though some may not be quite .'full bloocl." In response to my inquiry as to horn nn1c11 India11 blood mas in some of them, Deer Foot. tlhe Seneca interpreter, a noted runner, auswered, ibGod knows.'! This is purely a New York Sbateexhibit,: and the buildiugs eo~~s iosf ta "cou~lcilh ouse," 45 by -00 feet, bui1.t after the style of the old time Iroquois L L ~ o u n ~ori li("l o~lhgo use," with fra,me of poles and bark covering. There are four dwelling houses and a stock-ade? all careful imitations of original styles. The 111dians sell many cnnos. Here are also Crees from Cauada, living in bark wigwams, and |