250 THE THREE SKULLS. 
elders die off, having affinity with that of the 
earriers of North Caledonia and the Umpqua 
Indians of Southern Oregon. 
‘T must now conclude this very hurried epistle, 
which I should have taken more time about had 
you not desired to have the vocabulary ere the 
departure of the “ Princess Royal.” 
‘T am, my dear Sir, 
‘ Very truly yours, 
‘W. F. Totmm. 
‘John K. Lord, Esq.’ 
An illustration attached to this work re- 
presents three Spokan Indians, photographed 
at Fort Colville. The celt made of flint, 
also figured in the illustration page, the finest 
mounted specimen at present in the British 
Museum collection, I obtained from the Indian 
on the left side of the group. They had no 
history of it further than that it was of great 
age, and had been handed down from chief to 
chief for many generations. 
The skulls* are drawn from three at present 
in the British Museum collection. The one 
altered, from circular pressure, was the skull [ 
obtained at Fort Rupert; the flattened skull is 
* Vide illustration: An Indian Burial Ground. 
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