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592 AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST [N. "Darwinism and Deity" (1872). "Some Considerations on the M' Builders " ( 1S73). " Some Early Notices of the Indians of Ohio. what Race did the Mound Builders Belong?" (1879); also in Fr (1878). "From Fort Henry to Corinth" (Campaigns of the War, vol. 2, 1881). "Attempts to Find a North-west Passage " (.1 American Reviav, 1849). "Sir John Franklinand the Arctic Regii (North American Review, 1850). " The Life of Blenncrhas; (North American Review, 1851). "Great Commanders : General S man" (1899). He also edited new editions of Walker's "Amei Law," and of Harris's "Criminal Law."

The scientific and historical writings of General Force exhibi ripe fruits of a carefully trained mind. Far from voluminous, the all marked by comprehensive, yet condensed statement. On every we find traces of wide research in assembling authorities, ca: analysis, and cautious judgment in forming conclusions. The c judicial temper which gives due weight to every argument and leaving no element unconsidered, is always apparent. The s of the partisan never obtrudes, but all yields to the spirit of ir ligation. We find perspicuous statement, acute discrimination, and precision in the use of language. These are merits of the first ma tude : and we cannot help regretting, as we read, that a writer so gi with the qualities which might produce works of enduring value in field of science, should have been absorbed through a long and 1 life in unscientific pursuits. None the less, but the more to his cred it. that he turned, amid the engrossing labors of the bar, the bench, the field, to the investigation of historical themes and the unsoi problems of the world we live in.

Not the least among the studies of anthropological subjects f the pen of General Force was his repeatedly printed monograph the Moundbuilders of the West. In this he considers the var conjectures brought forward, in the absence of authentic histon tradition, to account for the existence of these remarkable remain; A. R. Spofford.

A Texas Indian Myth — It is remarkable that histori who have described most of the southern and southwestern Indian the United States have neglected a tribe or group of tribes in e* respect worthy of special notice on account of their friendship for white man and their general good character. In fact, the only c nected narrative relating to the Texas Indians that I have seen is i paper by Mrs Lee C. Harby, published in the Annual Report of American Historical Association for 1894,

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