Very ancient man made the same figures in widely separated regions, though it is notĮstablished that the same figures had a common significance. Investigation has proven the interesting psychological fact that primitive or at least It is sufficient to admit the undoubtedĪntiquity of thought writing in both its forms. Picture writing, preceded articulate speech. Man has invariably attributed to supernatural action whateverĪuthorities are disagreed as to whether sign language, which is closely connected with Questioned about the authorship of rock drawings, generally attributed them to Which are still, or recently have been, inhabited by savage or barbarian tribes, who, when Petroglyphs, or rock carvings, are most frequently found in those parts of the world Vigor on this continent-the same continent where sign language has prevailed and hasĬontinued in active operation to an extent historically unknown in other parts of the In this connection it should be noted that picture writing is found in sustained Interference or hypothesis, in actual existence, as applied to records and communications. Writing preceded and generated the graphic systems of Egypt, Assyria and picture China,īut in North America its use is still current. While not specifically reported in history it is thought from general evidence that Picture writing should be studied as a phase in the Is one distinctive form of thought writing without reference to sound-gesture languageīeing the earlier form. Picture writing is a mode of expressing thoughts, or noting facts, by marks. Thought expressed without words by pictures, sometimes corresponding to those signs. Showing the intimate relation between a thought as expressed without words by signs, and a The depiction of gesture and posture signs is considered in more than a general way, Successfully pursued to the exclusion of the other. Pictography and to sign language, two studies so closely connected that neither can be The attentions and investigations of the author have been for a long time devoted to Others who are interested in anthropological research. It is hoped that the following very brief treatise on the Pictographic writing of theĪmerican Indians, will excite interest in that branch of study by all boys and girls and AND OJIBWAY TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
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