The girl insisted that she should be allowed to eat because she had already gained something great by fasting. Her mother still insisted on her daughter fasting. The daughter had to obey her mother, though she had fasted enough. Her mother left her there. After the appointed time, the mother went to where the daughter was fasting. She was not where she had been fasting. The mother saw traces of a body of water that encircled the place where the young girl had fasted. She found that the water had taken the young girl under the ground, and she saw the specks of earth. This was done because the girl had fasted too long although she had [previously] received her dream. There is a large, high, dismal hill on the banks of the Menomini river where the girl was fasting. It was from there the water came up by the power of the monster who dwelt there.1 WHY HUMAN BEINGS HAVE TWO TOTEMS The deer ran all over Mänäpus was existing by himself, and the animals were put here. He saw all of his little brothers. He spoke to all of them. One time he said: "Prepare, select what you choose to eat on the earth." The wolf said: "I want to eat the deer; I want it to be so." The deer went its way. The wolf went its way. He came across the deer's track. "This is what I chose to eat. I have to pursue him." So he started after him. They were both good. runners. The wolf chased the deer all day. this island. The deer got tired in the evening after running all day. The wolf chased the deer till the latter got tired. He ran to the ocean. When he got to the shore he said: "May I become a taxkōmik (herring?)." As soon as he touched the water he turned into a fish. The wolf, being on his trail, tracked him into the water. He saw where he had gone along the shore. He knew that he had turned into a fish. The wolf said: "May I be a salmon." became a salmon, and started to chase the fish. and ate him. The salmon returned to the shore. to a wolf. He returned to his dwelling place. He He turned back 1 On the dangers which may arise from continuing to fast after receiving the blessing, compare Jones' Fox Texts, p. 182 ff. that the wolf told the truth when he said he desired deer as his food. After a while the deer came back in his shadow to where he had started from. The wolf saw the deer's shadow and said to him, "I have proved to you what I said by catching and eating you. You will be my food as long as the earth exists" he said to the shadow of the deer. So the deer and the wolf are alike. So it comes that a human being has two totems.1 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, WASHINGTON, D. C. 'This myth begins like the one recorded by Hoffman, p. 201, of the 14th Annual Report of the B.A.E. It should be noticed that the Wolf and Deer belong to the same phratry (see Hoffman, ibid., pp. 41, 42). I suspect that the Deer-Herring, and the Wolf-Salmon are friendship-groups; and that Hoffman's lists need revising. I was told a certain man had three totems, to wit, the Bear, Mud-turtle, and Porcupine. These are intimately associated according to Hoffman, 1. c., p. 42. I regret my stay among the Menominee was not long enough in duration to unravel this matter. It deserves further investigation. ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE PROVIDENCE MEETING WITH PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FOR 1910 TH BY GEORGE GRANT MACCURDY HE annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association was held in Providence, R. I., December 28-30, 1910, in affiliation with the American Folk-Lore Society. The sessions were held in Manning Hall, Brown University. In the absence of President William H. Holmes, Professor Roland B. Dixon presided. The attendance was good and a number of important papers were presented. On the morning of December 29 there was a joint meeting of the Association and the Archæological Institute of America in Union Auditorium at which Miss Alice C. Fletcher presided. BUSINESS MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION Members of the Council present were Miss Alice Fletcher, R. B. Dixon, G. G. MacCurdy, J. R. Swanton, A. F. Chamberlain, R. H. Lowie, E. Sapir, E. L. Hewett, A. M. Tozzer, W. C. Farabee, C. Peabody, and C. C. Willoughby. Report of the Secretary.-The Secretary, Dr George Grant MacCurdy, reported that there had been no special meeting of the Association or of the Council since the close of the session in Boston, the proceedings of which had been published in the American Anthropologist for January-March, 1910. As was the case in 1909, death has claimed but one of our members, William Graham Sumner, for many years Professor of Political and Social Science in Yale University. An account of Professor Sumner (with portrait) written by his colleague and successor at Yale, Professor Albert G. Keller, appeared in the American Anthropologist for January-March, 1910. Thirteen of our members attended the Seventeenth International Congress of Americanists, held in the City of Mexico, September 8 to 14, 1910: W. Beer (Howard Memorial Library), F. Boas, R. B. Dixon, P. E. Goddard, G. B. Gordon, S. Hagar, A. Hrdlička, G. G. MacCurdy, Z. Nuttall, H. J. Spinden, F. Starr, A. M. Tozzer, and H. N. Wardle. The annual growth of the Association in membership has been substantial, 35 new names1 being herewith submitted for election, as follows: Wm. F. Allen, Robert Ansley, Anthropology Club (Yale), Dr Felix Arnold, W. C. Barnard, M.D., Professor Hiram Bingham, Aberdeen Orlando Bowden, H. M. Braun, Joseph A. Breaux, Louis Bishop Capron, Dr Alfredo de Carvalho, Francis T. Hagadorn, Clarence Leonard Hay, William Frederick Howat, M.D., George Plummer Howe, Andrew Frederick Hunter, Mrs William James, A. V. Kidder, Frank Leverett, Mark Mason, Wm. Hubbs Mechling, Truman Michelson, Dr Max Radin, Mr David Robinson, Gerda Sebbelov, Grace Ellis Taft, James Teit, Julis César Tello, Thompson Van Hyning, J. Ogle Warfield, Gertrude Bass Warner, Thomas Talbot Waterman, Philip Welch, Henry M. Whelpley, M.D., Samuel B. Woodward. Our membership is still numbered by hundreds when it should be numbered by thousands if the Association is to fulfil the function for which it was founded. How to reach those who are interested is a problem, the solution of which should not be left to the Secretary alone, or even to the officers. Every member should endeavor to furnish at least one new name annually. In October the Secretary sent a membership blank to each member asking for new names. Only three blanks have been returned. On December 16, he mailed a circular letter to 375 persons who are supposed to have a certain interest in anthropology. The results, though better than in the appeal to members, are coming in rather slowly. You are simply requested to suggest a name, leaving the Secretary to pursue the matter further by a personal letter. Let us all unite to double the membership during the coming year. The material for this increase undoubtedly exists. Help the Secretary to find it! Report of the Treasurer.-The Treasurer's report, which was received and referred to an auditing committee appointed by VicePresident Dixon, and found by them to be correct, is as follows: 1 Full addresses are given in the list of members printed elsewhere in this issue. 2 Read by Dr Charles Peabody in the absence of the Treasurer. |