Morton’s Crania Americana. 369 
and muscular people, of a lighter complexion than the surround- 
ing tribes. Endowed with an extraordinary degree of bodily 
activity, they reach old age with few infirmities, and, generally, 
retain their sight, teeth, and memory, unimpaired. They are 
brave, discreet, and cunning to a proverb, patient in fatigue, en- 
thusiastic in all their enterprises, and fond of war as the only 
source of distinction.’”’ ‘Their vigilance soon detected the value 
of the military discipline of the Spaniards, and especially the 
great importance of cavalry in an army; and they lost no time 
in adopting both these resources, to the dismay and discomfiture 
of their enemies. Thus in seventeen years after their first en- 
counter with Europeans, they possessed several strong squadrons 
of horse, conducted their operations in military order, and, unlike 
the inten generally, met their enemies in the open field.” 
“'They are highly susceptible of mental culture, but they despise 
the restraints of civilization, and those of them who have been 
educated in the Spanish colonies, have embraced the first oppor- 
tunity to resume the haunts-and habits of their nation.” p. 241. 
The following is one. of ance Araucanian skulls delineated in 
the work. 
Aravcanian, Fig. 7. 
The average measurements of the three skulls are as follows: 
internal capacity, 79; coronal region, 15.4; anterior chamber 
2; posterior chamber, 48.50. 
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