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[bull. 6a 



The OS calcis is clamiiged, but what is left of it shows ordinary 

 form. Compared with other Indian calcanei it appears to be some- 

 what higher and shorter, but these are doubtless individual peculiari- 

 ties which can be matched in other Indian specimens. The two 

 measurements of the bone which can be ascertained, and similar 

 measurements of female Delaware calcanei, are as follows: 



Os calcis 



Vero 

 Skeleton I 



Munsee 

 Females 

 (Mean) 



Length, maximum. 

 Breadth, maximum 

 Height, minimum . . 



7.0 



(?) 



3.75 



Centimeters 

 7.3 



3.6 



The astragali (see pi. 13, fig. 1) show certain peculiarities which are 

 frequently encountered in this bone in Florida remains. Thus, there 

 is a marked depression superiorly in the neck, and the lateral tubercle 

 on the posterior facet for the calcaneus is considerably developed. 

 The dimensions of the bone, as well as the relation of these dimen- 

 sions to each other, are also quite similar in the Vero bones and others 



from Florida: 



Astragalvs 



Vero (Skeleton I), mean 



Florida in general (16 female 

 bones ) 



Length 

 (maximum) 



Centimeters 

 5.32 



5.28 



Breadth 

 (maximum) 



Centimeters 

 3.68 



3.76 



Height 

 (maximum) 



Centimeters 



2.78 



2.84 



Br.-L. 

 Index 



69.0 

 71.0 



H.-L. 

 Index 



5:2. 1 

 54.0 



The first right metatarsal measures 5.7 cm. in maximum length, 

 which is but slightly below the average for this bone among our East- 

 ern Indians. Apart from a few unimportant individual peculiarities 

 neither this nor any of the remaining bones of the skeleton show 

 anything noteworthy. 



Taken as a whole, the skeleton is plainly that of an individual 

 possessing the essential osteological characteristics of the Florida 

 and Eastern Indians; and until proved to be something else it can 

 not possibly be classified by the anthropologist as anything else than 

 a skeleton of an ordinary Indian. 



