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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



from nearly 70 different nations and tribes. Of this large number 256 be- 

 long to the Toltecan Race,* and 247 to the Barbarous Tribes scattered 

 over the continent. It will thus be seen that they are nearly equally di- 

 vided between the two primary divisions of this group. 



Of 164 measurements of crania of the Barbarous Tribes, the largest in 

 104 cubic inches ; the smallest 69 ; and the mean of all 84. One hundred 

 and fifty-two Peruvian skulls give 101 cubic inches for the largest internal 

 capacity, 58 for the smallest, and 75.3 as the average of all. Of 25 skulls 

 of the Mexican Family, the largest measures 92; the smallest 67 ; while the 

 mean is 81.7 inches. The number of cranial measurements and the means 

 of these measurements for the different tribes, &c., of the two American Fam- 

 ilies, are given below in a tabular form. 



TABLE II. 



American Crania, 



Barbarous Tribes. 



No. of skulls Mean 

 ineasw-ed. I /. C. 



North Americans. 



Arickarees 



Assinaboins , 



Chenouks 



Oregon Tribes 



Cherokees 



Chetimaches 



Chippeways 



Cotonay 



Creeks 



Dacota 



, 4 

 . 5 

 , 4 

 2 

 . 2 

 . 3 

 . 4 

 . 1 



Hurons |... 4 



llroquois 



Lenape 



Lipans 



jMandans 



Menominees 



'Miamis 



Minetaris 



Mohawks 



^Narragansetts 



Osage 



Otoes 



Ottawas 



;Ottigamies 



Pawnees 



Penobscot 



Pottawatomies 



Sauks 



|Seminoles 



Shawnees 



Shoshones 



Upsarookas 



Winnebagos 



lYamassee 



Californian 



4 

 2 

 7 

 7 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 10 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 2 



1 

 3 



2 



13 



4 

 4 

 2 



2 

 1 

 1 



81.5 



5 



5 

 5 



76 

 90 

 79 

 82 

 88, 

 79 

 91 

 86 

 88 

 90 

 1 

 96 

 79 

 91 

 83 

 84 

 86 

 86.5 

 84 

 81 

 82.5 

 85.6 

 81.7 

 93.5 

 74.5 

 80 

 91 

 90.7 

 84 

 89.6 

 80.7 

 94 

 89 

 70 

 87 



*^* If we take the collective races of 

 America, civilized and savage, we find 

 that the average size of the brain, as 

 measured in the whole series of 341 

 skulls, is but 80.3 cubic inches. 



* The Toltecan Race embraces the semi-civilized communities of Mexico, Bogota and 

 Feni. 



