Crania of Aboriginal Americans. " J33 



The Iroquois confederacy consisted originally of five na- 

 tions, the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Sene- 

 cas. They were intellectually superior to the surrounding na- 

 tions, passionately devoted to war, and victorious over the other 

 tribes. They forced their women to work in the field and 

 carry burdens ; they paid little respect to old age, were not 

 much afi^'ected by love, were regardless of connubial obligations, 

 and addicted to suicide. " They were proud, audacious, and 

 vindictive, untiring in the pursuit of an enemy, and remorse- 

 less in the gratification of their revenge. Their religious ideas 

 were vague, and their cautiousness and cunning proverbial. 

 They were finally subdued and nearly exterminated by the 

 Anglo-Americans in 1779. Some miserable remnants of them, 

 ruined by intoxicating liquors, still exist in the state of New 

 York." The following is the skull of a Huron, one of these 

 nations. 



Huron, Fig. 6. 



The following are average measurements of the five skulls 

 of these nations given by Dr Morton : internal capacity, 88 ; 

 coronal region, 15 ; anterior chamber, 31.5 ; posterior chamber, 

 50 cubic inches. 



The Araucanians are the most celebrated and powerful of 



