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of Choctaw history, when their native cuhure was rapidly breaking 

 down and assuming the essential features of the dominant white 

 civilization. The small burial mounds at Crandall and Hiwannee, 

 dating perhaps from the first half of the eighteenth century, belong 

 in all probability to the period immediately preceding, when mounds 

 were still built, but only for purposes of burial. The earliest of the 

 three stages, perhaps antedating by centuries the smaller burial 

 mounds, is represented in the McRae mound. 



Fig. 94. — Choctaw Indians engaged in a game of native ball at Phila- 

 delphia, Mississippi. There are at the present time about 1,100 Choctaws in 

 the state. 



The explorations at Coosha brought to a close the archeological 

 work of the summer, and Mr. Collins and Mr. Knoblock proceeded 

 to Philadelphia, Miss., where measurements and observations were 

 made on the living Choctaw, of whom there are still about a thou- 

 sand in the state. Measurements were secured on 58 adults, some 

 of which undoubtedly have white or negro blood.' The coopera- 

 tion of Mr. T. M. Scott, of the Indian Agency at Philadelphia, 

 was very helpful in this work. Partictdar thanks are also due to Mr. 

 Weaver Bridges of Philadelphia and to Mr. H. B. Cole, of Quit- 

 man, both of whom rendered valuable assistance in many ways. 



' The results of this study have been pul^lished in the American Journal of 

 Physical Anthropology, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1925. 



