1877.] Obo [Kane. 



attention as a subject of study, and they could not answer my questions 

 regarding liis name, birthplace and genealogy, they ordered him up to 

 speak for himself They became honestly interested in some of my eth- 

 nological guesses, which they esteemed shrewd, and, I honestly believe, 

 went beyond politeness in giving extension to my inquiries. I think I 

 pretty faithfully studied over 300 equestrian men ; nearly all who were not 

 of native Indian blood being Mestizo. Should I not at some future day recur to 

 this subject, let me dispose of it by saying that, with traces of nearly every 

 race whose abode has been the Iberian Peninsula, Basque, Jew, Zingaro 

 even, the predominant Spanish element apparently was Andalusian. I 

 could not at all guess how many kinds of native Mexican entered into the 

 medley. My companions could distinguish many more than I could. A 

 captain from near Bustamente, where there is an interesting ancient colony of 

 them, could point out every Tlascalan in the crowd. But this I did see plainly 

 myself, a large majority of the fighting riders were of the stamp of our 

 own South-western warlike Indians. I am very familiar with the physiog- 

 nomical characteristics of the Arrapahoe, Kickapoo (Qu. chicaputa?), Ute 

 and Sonora Apache. I lived some time among the Shoshones, and may be 

 trusted to detect the Comanche wherever it occurs. I found the Comanche 

 through Valdes' command in force. 



The small-sized photographs which I place on the table were selected by 

 me, chiefly from an army officer's collection, as being striking likenesses of 

 men termed Mexicans, and regularly enrolled as members of Valdes' 

 National Guard. If they were dressed up in the pictures as Christians, I 

 have no doubt the subjects and their friends would have great pleasure in 

 recognizing them. On the face of each photograph you will find the Indian 

 name and tribe, on the back the Mexican. 



The other photographs support views advanced by me in former, now 

 nearly forgotten, communications.* The notes endorsed upon them will I 

 think repay perusal. 



a. Affords an interesting example of Atavism : the back leap, as the 

 Spanish term it. The mother, a Mexican woman whose family style 

 themselves Spanish, acknowledging only one sixteenth of Indian blood, is 

 convicted of the Sambo or Chino by its reappearance in her daughter, an 

 engaging and estimable young lady who is quite a dark mulatto. Fig 1. 

 Her sisters, 2, 4, 5, 6 exhaust the shades of the segar box. 



b. and c. Exemplify strikingly the persistence of the type. The Ger- 

 man girls in b. were captives from their youth, very hardly used up to the 

 age of puberty, when they were rescued, c. was more tenderly nurtured, 

 being a head chiefs favorite daughter. They are tame ; she remains wild 

 — fera nnturm. 



*On Rank and Merit depending on lineage among certain (North American) 

 Indian Tribes. 1847. 



Lavater -f Daguerre. 1818. Replies to Nott and Gliddon. 1850-18.52. 



DiflFerences in tlie Results of Emancipation in the British West Indies corres- 

 ponding to differences of Race observed there. 1853. 



Idiosyncrasies of the Lucumis Gangas and other Bozales in Cuba. 1857. 



The Application of Ethno-Physiognomy made by Mr. H. H. Slatter. 1856. 

 PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XVI. 99. 3s 



