Of these three classes of ceremonies the mourning ceremonies are at least as important as the others and by far the most distinctive of the state as an ethnographic province, although neither they nor the secret society are found in the specialized Northwestern area.
"The Religion of the Indians of California"
A. L. Kroeber
The best ethnographic writers admit that the Scandinavian race, which they, in our opinion improperly, name Gothic, differed greatly in its language from the Teutonic.
"Irish Race in the Past and the Present"
Aug. J. Thebaud
"Of the existence of a belief in a Supreme Being" amongst the lowest savages, "there is as good evidence as we possess for any fact in the ethnographic region.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell