PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



TAKEN FROM THE SOCIETY'S RECORDS. 



January 1, 1851. 



Dr. Samuel Cabot, in the Chair. 



Dr. J. M. Warren read a paper containing some observa- 

 tions upon two remarkable Indian children, a boy and girl, 

 from Central America, who had lately been exhibited in 

 Boston, known as the "Aztec Children." He had been 

 led by his examination of them to the following con- 

 clusions : — 



1. That these children are possessed of a very low degree of 

 mental and physical organization, but are not idiots of the lowest 

 grade. 



2. That they probably originated from parents belonging to 

 some of the mixed Indian tribes. 



3. That they do not belong to a race of dwarfs, because his- 

 tory teaches the truth of the doctrine stated by GeofTroy St. 

 Hilaire, that dwarfs cannot perpetuate their kind. 



Dr. Warren exhibited a very accurate colored sketch of 

 these Indian dwarfs, from the pencil of Dr. J. C. Dalton. 



FROCEEDINGS B. S. N. H. 1 JUNE, 1851. 



