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Show 3!3G TIIE CRANIAL CJIARACTEUJS1'10S linen ribbons, ttnd pressed tho hNtd to m~tko the check-bono~ projecting. Wh~tt could bo tho roasonaulo cnuso of this barbarous custom, if not tho effort to apprOI\Cb !I form, which, ~tmong tho 11 une, was hold in gr a tor reg!lrd- in 1\ word, tho aristocratic l'noo? 1'ho purpose <)llOtod by tho Uom~tn authors, to got tho holmot bettor fixed on tho houd, is sc~trcoly orcdiblo. It seems more prou~tblo, tb!lt when tho Mongols were masters of tho Huns, the Mongol inn physiognomy w1ts the prize nttaclJod to ~tristooratio distinctions; they conscqnontly tl·ioil to n.ppronch this form, n.nd conHitlorod it 1\n honor thus to deform thomsolvoR, in order to resemble tho reigning 111\l,ion. 'J'his is roost likely tho c!luso of those unn!ltUl'!Ll doforrMlions which historical wl'iters so pal·liculnrly dosoribo." 201 This opinion is alRo entertained by Profs. RETzrm; 202 n.nd EsoHmouT. 2r13 ZEUNE thus expresses his views upon this interesting subject: "Though some n~tturalists prosumo that the fl~ttooss of tho Huanol\ skull and tho ll~ight of tho N~ttohoz skull ttro produced by n.rtiflcial pt·cssuro when young, yet CAMI'lm contends !lg~tinst this iden, on page 37 of hi~' Natural Difforonco in F11oos,' lrl\nSltLlcd by Somn:JtiNG, ns does also CA'!'LJN in his •North Alt10I'i01ln Indians,' ~tnd 1 am of tho opinion Ull\t if there did not already exist 1\ diHposition to those forms in nature, tho diJl'oront n11lious could never h~tvo conceived tho ideo. of oal'l'ying it to oxtromos." Tho following extract from a letter addressed to Dr. J. II. B. MoCLELJ, AN, by Mr. GEORGE Gnms, Indian Agent, dntod Jl'ort Van ouver, Oregon, December 17, 1855, will be read with inter st in this connection: "Lot rno point out to you ono thing to bo noted ns rcgtLrds skulls from this pl\rt of the country, which WIIS brought to my notice by !In arliolo in Schoolor~tft's boo!<. 1 fot·get by whom. Among len figuroH given, ltro Chinook slculls tmflallcnrrl. Skulls from tho region whore th~tt prnotico prev~tilA, which 11ro in tho Mtuml RtiL!o, aro those of sll\vos, and though possibly born ~tmong tho Chinooks, or other n<lji\Oont triboH, tu·o of 1\lien rncos. Tho chamoteristics must not bo t\~sumod thoroforo from those. Tho pmot.ioo prov11ilH, gcncl'll,lly, from tho mouth of tho Columbia to tho DtLllee, ~tbout 180 miloA, t\nd from tho St.,·o.ita of l•'uca on tho north to Coos Day, botwoon tho 42d n.nd 43<1 pn.riLllol Houth. Norlhwnrd of the RtraitiJ it diminishes gmdually to 1\ rnCl'O slight compression, fin~tlly confined to won1en, 1\nd abttntlonod entirely north of Milb~tnk Sound. So o~tst of tho CttHOI\uo MountninH, it <lies out iu liko man nor. Slaves ~tro usnl\lly brought from tho soulb- I should ro Utcr Ray wore, for tho foreign slave trttdo h11s cc~tsod, though not tho domostio (T n.m not talking of l1omo politics) -~tnd tho Kl~tm~tlh nnd Slm~to. tribes of California prob11bly fu1·niHh d mnny for· this oountry, while o~tptivos from horo wore taken still north, ~tntl ft·om PnJ:(ct's Round ns f1u· as tho ltussi~tn possessions. 1'ho childl·ou or sltwos were not allowed to flntten tho skull, !Lnd therefore U.tcso roun<l ho~tds iudioo.te, not lho libet·ly-loving Puritun of tho west, but tho so•·f. I mention this, bcc~tusc in minute compiLrisons it is proper to tnkc ull p1·ocnutions to insu1·o gonuinouosa. Rkulls lnkon fr·om lm·gc comotories, or f1·om ACpnl ·h1·os of wh~ttcvor form oroctod with enre, rnn.y bo deomo<l authontio, saving o.lwnys tho chance of intcrmt~rl'ingo with distinct trihcs, wltioh is usu!ll, boo~tuso tho bodies of sltwos 1\1'0 lof't uoglcclcd in tho woods; tho Chinooks, for inst~tuoc, preferring to buy wives f1·om tho (Jhihnlis or· Cowlitz, I rilles of Sohlish origin. If 1 got timo to finish my genom! report this win lor, you will find 'IGI Quoted by Prof. Ur·:-rzws from Durckhnrdt'a Gorman tmrrsln.tion of' Thi~y'a work, "A.ltil~t Sohildorungon nus dor Oo~ohichto dos fiinfton .Jahrlnmllort~, J.oipzig, 1 852." Soo n pnpc.r "On IWt.ifioio.lly formo<l Skullij from tho Ancient World," by Prof. ltotzius, in Procccdmp; s of I'l11lMh\. Aca<l. Nat. Scionc s, for Soptomb~r, ] 855. 26~ Phr6nolop;ion bodomtl frltn en Au11tomisk sU\rrdpunltt. Af J'rof. A Rotzius. 203 Angnaondo 13oty<lninp;on ~t!' Iljorucskallona og hole IIovodcts Formfol·sltjollighod. (Sknnd. Nu.tm·f. Siillsk. l!'ol'lllumt.ll.) OF TJIE RACES OF MEN. 337 further detnilR, supposing alw!lys you f)rO not tired of these. I h!lvo never been nblo to get nn n.uthcnticnted skull of a white half-brood. ThOf!o also ~tro never flattened, tho pride of intercourse in tho mother preserving to tho child tho attributes of the superior raoo." 201 Figs. 62, 63, 64, and 65, following, represent, respectively, the head of a Crook chief, in the possession of Dr. N OTT, of Mobile; the skull of a Sioux or Dacota warrior (No. 605); the skull of a Seminole Fig. 62. Fig. 68. CnEEK Cmu. DAOO:rA WARRJOR. Fig. 64. Fig. 65. SEMINOLI!l WARltiOR. ANOIEN:r MOUND·DUILDI!IR. Fig. 66. Fig. 67. PERUVTANS. 20• Seo Proceedings of Philada. Acnd. Nat. Soionoos, .M:nrch, 1856. 22 |