between xM^i8$>3fn&fttl!$& mentions
three languages ijau th e vici nity of C uliacan, thesTdb%Athe
Pacasa, -and ,the ?Atagca.) A* grammar exists, of the Tarar
htnnara. This ^asts jias^iset in'its words -anyt affinity with:
the Mexiean^ and tl^/penilewVVho^-speak^ it^havejadeeimal
arithmetic. Mr. tCJnllatin infers that; the. Indian tribegoof
New? Mexiqo and' -the Vdouatrieg,; ftootheegopthward of it, at
least as far as Ouliacnno weso net ©f jfehe'Satnie family ©r stock
as the Mexicans or Toitees, though they mush bay©/ree©iygd
their agriculture from those nations^ \ t-
SEtTiotN IL—^jiVor^ America# Mcicmstfaihe fflieàiwmyl <rf tée
^Rgchy Mountain >Çhaifà. a
: ' A gmâjt p a r t o f th e information th a t w ep d sse ss iefepèetm|pthe
na tio n s; and; la n g u a g e s| to th e n o rthw aT d .o f th e -toolumfeia
Riycr-Isdeontainedf in a-memOir^on th e northt'WàêtermTâsfes^f
Am erica <mutrihnted b ÿ Professor Scouler, who h as travelled
in th e countries o f> t h e Oregon* to thmeleventh(Volumê:ofithé
J o u rn a l <Sb the.RoyaV;GeogrlphjeaLHS©cietyea •>W e ihike* lik e wise
obtained- some ad d itio n a l assistance» from Mr. W ilk es,’s
J^arratiyeiofi th e E x p lo rin g ïY ô y à ^ lo f the» IfnifcedsS'tateai >s
. * The well-known extent and accuracy of Mr.G^Jlatin’s information entitle
Ins'èpiniçn tô foe highestregara. Professor Vater, however, thought the Cora,
tvtifthfflsripoKeh bÿÎHê-nàtivëïof fRe-Mission* OT^V^itjw^hncRfaBteaiy^ai-
libl to the Mexican. His reformat ioii as to thé Côra was debved #6m k work of
Father Jos.-d.e/jOMegajoentitled ^ iWocahulario;en Lengùa Çdsteilana'y.sCcoea,’
.Mexico, 17i32^ r ;P-rtegaAthought-the Mexican words existing'in-tee Cora were
adopted by t^e Cprafleo;p|e from tee Mexicaa% biit„in sOirfmote %,geriod
that they passed for genuine Cora words. Vater combated this opinion. He
àonslaereïr tbérelauons oëCween^ thë Cora, àhd tne Mexican as extenaing to
gràmmatîfcal-affihîfÿ. Vater Sfourid- many verbal reserhblaiibes bètWêenf tile
Tarabumara ; and the Mexican, which, he says, are' suffioiBnt ,td,'excite s\is-
tOo^fteinÿyjiioljprjg^|bë$wee0|tere races, vyhp spokp: tb^sa languages,
Of at ]eas|t pf thetihflnenceiof some tribes who. mayteavg j moyjed towards ,tee
north from Mexico. But this resemblance does not extend, as in the case of
the Cora, to a grammatical analogy in regard to the terminal forms of words.
-See Vater ini Mithridates, 3 :Theil!. 3 Abtheih Si 129-450. ÏQ
■ i iClavâgei'Qsaysithâ.t tee-Æudev© and=GpâtafiHd?iinèria resemble• the Tara-
bumara so.closely thatithe^pedpleiare undoubtedly of one race. I
I■ Tribes' bel>6Tagingpto th e d hm ily o f th e f Esquimaux occupy
tfefcn<MiihTri8f|toyti5u Of :fc^e>w^itefM',c(M^t of A T h e i r
settlelneilte teach? :^©uthwarfe: s& faV’-as APriAcfe!'Witlihm,s
iibundp®#as tbb'yMffity dtfi Mount St. Elias, -L;
Ifr?we^Ui%ci^i4hd^ c^tth^sOmhwardS ‘‘frote;f thi# point tb the
ixtTeniity of lE&lifoMia^RWe ^h b ll flij&l teH-att iM s dirifledritito
two hehriy'etpahl^parter^by^ho EivOb'GolfffeilMai Tbtif fiver* is
tho-'ioniy gteatt sttoatrPfWit :fen known to take it&^rifeMri thb
E o o k y 1 MouitMailfi ©pfGotebllela ,ofc>(1^5rtlif Atfieribai afrd to
discharge its waters into th^'PairiftC' Ofebaft: I t Eow's through
and bisects the whole western low land, the!; region inter-
cepted between the Rocky Mountains and thee,sea. The
nfetiye bpoptilaH'Jbnj bhf this^Sl^nbmilbcNft^ ^lde®> 1 i f ' thef Oo-
lumbia m il form - A’^ubjektM©^'tl^opSssent• and th e ’foP
lowing sections.
? rfjpiB ?wholof length'of this''teghih'fponi Mourits-®4t?<Elii®s'tc/ the
. 'the Midi Gila1 w t ifafe i#rdbbut
12)88d«gr®K^i0f,4atitt^do^4t, t08fitloagae®.* * ItSffetebdthrV&ti'eS4:
inithesS&thfiand 40tteid^te6§>80#ioibl,thctat4lttdi*fi4i,i'^Shp'pbSdd
tothtoabout* SK}0im>ilefewMte9iin;ithe!i^titild%>oflfflhe;4}bltii4bia
Rivervit/jbc^imc^'maTrOweTU <iTheJ,^ la n d ,-'’parf1 cC ib’ilyin^
ncaibr/fo life feet? ofotho^Roeky^Mbiiiitain^i& sbparafbd from
the narKb#ebdStriyl ofriabd -whieh^runs!al|on§ thb dbast by'lodg
chaids^which are supposed t o ’be mostly continuous^ of jn-
Iremirimpunthms^'.' TTaesm.innsrio£ eleyations. appear to ;thke
,gf(hifl1s.'sppar
I Mowntii^biEhus. Gw^htejice otheyolakaeinthcir coucse .about a
hurfdresd. tnileSxfromi th@-!isfea^®hd ten'EoU'^Ate.rds-afe U'lirie
almost parallel: to* th['§v'cS6l®|':ii* Variohs
jitete have'tlieif rise wMfih now into ^';Fa6mcsDew^^tfee
limits^ .abo.vei demigd, with , tjipft
a greater .sti’eam^^which, aa ,11JriP,y)e f , coffl^irftom- the
Rocky Mountain chain« . Theyiobiea^nAiffifent! faanmrrini- different
latitiid^S'S near -the RiyeFGdMni%id0theyi?Srie::>deiigMbed
ih ' thh' Clh'teadh'
* Synopsis of tbeJlndistnA'ibesdwlfciii itjbrfbrfitprifesbof Lth'tf Hnitnd States,
an® in!/the,British and, BbssiianiiE'pssesskwsyhiil'Noiith iAihedea^ >bytee Hoh^
Albert Gallatin,,,in >the iseooiKd.yolUHie of.teeArchseiiSdgib Ateeife^ua^ip; 14.