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[[preprinted]]
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON
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and could easily be considered a part. But from the mouth of Columbia river to the Santa [[Barbria?]] Islands, there is such a confusion of languages that we should hardly expect to find a new set of activities corresponding to each one of them.

The effort was made during the year to set up in proper costume groups of men, women and children belonging to the largest of these stocks, engaged in some characteristic operation so as to give to the visitors [[strikethrough]] of the exhibition [[/strikethrough]] some idea of how the people would look [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] in their homes; in addition to this an arrangement was made for a series of alcoves each