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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 Sahaptin and Salish: Summary of measurements 



NOTES ON THE SAHAPTIN AND SALISH TRIBES 



1. As far as represented, which is inadequately, these two famihes 

 show in part a similarity of type. This type is characterized by: 



High meso- to brachy-cephaly; 

 Good skull capacity; 

 Large and especially broad face; 

 Medium to high orbits; 

 Relatively narrow to medium nose. 



2. The height of the vault is low in the one Spokane, who rather 

 approaches the Shoshoni; medium to rather high in the other tribes. 



3. The "Chehalis" belong apparently to a different type. 

 More material on these groups is a necessity. 



