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unmarried women not to be hampered with 

 children. 



Q. In dressing and cradling children, do they 

 compress the forehead or flatten the occiput, 

 or adopt any methods by which other parts of the 

 body may be affected ? 



A. (Anderson.) No; at least not perceptibly. 



A. (Tolmie.) The Indians from Columbia 

 River to Milbank Sound inclusive flatten the 

 forehead; also the Yakimas and Kliketats or 

 Whulwhypum amongst the tribes of the interior, 

 speaking the Walla-walla language, otherwise 

 known as the Kliketat. The north-western 

 tribes from Milbank Sound to Fort Simpson., and 

 perhaps farther north, compress the vertex or 

 crown so as to flatten that part of the head. 

 The Sailish, Kalleespelm, &c., in dressing an 

 infant, leave the head, shoulders and hips uncom- 

 pressed. They bandage the waist and legs with 

 the view of producing a broad-shouldered, small- 

 waisted, and straight-limbed adult. 



Q. What the average size of families, and are 

 births of more than one child common ? 



A. (Anderson.) I cannot state the average. 

 Twin-births are rare, however, in my expe- 

 rience. 



