No. 9. — Dogs of the American Ahoricjincs. By Glover M. Allen. CONTENTS. Intixxluction ..... Acknowledgements Origin of the Domestic Dog . Origin of Amei'ican Dogs Breeds of American Aboriginal Dogs Eskimo Dog .... Plains-Indian Dog . 8ioux Dog .... Long-haired Pueblo Dog Larger or Common Indian Dog Klamath-Indian Dog Shoit-Iegged Indian Dog Clallam-Indian Dog Inca Dog .... Long-haired Inca Dog Patagonian Dog Mexican Hairless Dog Small Indian Dog or Techichi Hare-Indian Dog Fuegian Dog .... Short-nosed Indian Dog (Pachycyon) Peruvian Pug-nosed Dog Summary ..... Bibliography .... Explanation of the Plates Page. 4.31 432 432 439 440 442 449 4,55 456 457 463 464 469 472 475 476 478 481 491 492 495 500 .503 504 Introduction. When Columbus, in 1492, made his discovery of land in the Western Hemisphere, he found it already peopled by a race of men who are considered by modern ethnologists to be of Asiatic origin, and probal)ly of an anticjuity dating back not many thousands of years. Yet these aboriginal peoples were considerably diversified as to appearance, language, and customs. In South America, the Incas had domesti-cated animals, llamas and alpacas, whose wild progenitors are the last
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