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DOG OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, 

 PLATE VIII. 



We have before alluded to this dog in the remarks 

 upon Lyciscus cagottis, because the race is consi- 

 dered by them to be indigenous, and, in appear- 

 ance, it certainly assimilates with the Caygotte. 

 The specimen, of which we give a figure, was said 

 to be of unmixed blood ; and this is in some mea- 

 sure confirmed by his former owner's character, the 

 celebrated Tecumseh, who was inwardly hostile to 

 the white man. His dog was smaller than the 

 Caygotte, and about equal in size to a spaniel ; but 

 what struck us as remarkable in his head, was the 

 front view, Avhich formed an equilateral triangle, 

 measured from the nose to the tips of both ears, and 

 thence from tip to tip. The animal was not sullen, 

 and seldom uttered a howl*; but his aspect was 

 savage, and the colours of his fur Avere those of a 

 common wolf. 



We come now to the third group of the family of 

 real dogs ; it is one so early intermixed with the 

 former, that the transition from one to the other 

 cannot be fixed with precision. It is that of 



