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feature, especially the usual 

 absence of obliquity in the 

 setting of the eyes, and bold 

 development of the nose. As 

 a rule the latter feature is of 

 what is known as the busque 

 shape that is to say, its pro- 

 file is formed by two straight 

 lines diverging at an obtuse 

 angle from the bridge. It 

 should, however, be mentioned 

 that occasionally American 

 Indians are seen with more 

 or less distinct traces of the 

 characteristic "Mongol fold" 

 above the eyes, which are 

 themselves contracted and 

 oblique. 



Clearly, then, it is with 

 the Mongoloid branch that the 

 aborigines of America display 

 the most marked resemblance ; 

 and this is just what might 

 have been expected to occur 

 from the geographical distri- 

 bution of the two groups. All 

 persons most competent to give 

 an opinion on the subject are practically in accord as to the existence of 



NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS DRESSING. 



AX INDIAN CHIEF AND HIS SQUAWS. 



a relationship of some 

 kind between the 

 Asiatic Mongols on 

 the one hand and the 

 American Indians on 

 the other. But as 

 to the degree of this 

 relationship there is 

 some diversity of 

 opinion, one school 

 regarding the latter 

 as a branch of the 

 Mongoloid stock,while 

 another regards them 

 as entitled to rank as 

 a separate branch by 

 themselves. Seeing, 

 however, that some 

 kind of Mongoloid 

 relationship is ad- 

 mitted by both, it is 

 evident that the differ- 

 ence of opinion is only 

 as to the degree of 

 such relationship; 



