232 = ALTERING THE HEAD. 
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. 
