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For instance, Catlin has remarked and figured in his 

 sketches the peculiar Toltecan face in the Upsarokas, 

 or Crows, a small tribe inhabiting the Upper Missouri. 

 He notices its resemblance to the Yucatan figures, 

 and particularly refers to the low and retreating 

 forehead, which he, however, affirms is not artifi- 

 cially flattened. He describes the Crows as tall and 

 athletic men, intelligent and cleanly, and remarkable 

 for the superior neatness and ingenuity of their arms, 

 garments, and lodges. They are, however, a migra- 

 tory people, though the allied Minatarees are more 

 stationary, and are cultivators. He farther remarks, 

 however, that the Mandans, who have salient features 

 like those of the Aztecs, represent the Toltecan 

 features on their drawings on buffalo skins. May 

 this not be a conventional style of art handed down 

 from an earlier period ? 



Another people of the west, who maybe regarded 

 as lineal descendants of the Toltecans or Alleghans, 

 are the Moquis, or Village Indians of New Mexico, 

 who still retain the semi-civilized habits and arts of 

 these ancient peoples. From an excellent series of 

 photographs of these people, for which I am indebted 

 to the officers of the United States Geological Survey 

 of the Territories, I infer that they have the semi- 

 Polynesian and refined style of features referred to 

 above. A comparison of these photographs with 

 others in my possession of natives of Easter Island, 

 shows a striking resemblance ; and it is interesting 

 that the latter, in their system of totemic carving 



