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than in the whites, excepting the Munsee females, in whom, curiously 
enough, the index is relatively quite high, exceeding both that of 
the other Indians available for comparison and of the whites. No 
satisfactory explanation of this and other exceptional features of the 
Munsee tibia can be given. The condition can scarcely be regarded 
as accidental, for on examining the individual shaft indexes it is 
observed that in but one of the female bones is the index below 
60, giving thus a pronounced platycnemy; in five it is between 60 
and 70; in. ten between 70 and 80, and in no fewer than eleven it 
rises to 80 or over. Among the twenty-nine male Munsee tibiz 
there is but one that gives a shaft index of slightly above 80. 
LIT. MEAN DIMENSIONS OF THE TIBIA (THE TWO SIDES BEING TAKEN TOGETHER) 
IN THE MUNSEE AND OTHER INDIANS, AND IN WHITES 
Mean 
diameter} Mean : Index of | Tibio- 
antero- | diameter shaft at | femoral 
Length | posterior | lateralat | Module+} middle index 
at mid- | middle* bX 100 Tx 100 
dle* (b) a FP 
(a) 
| 
Males: cm. cm. cm cm. 
MGMSCO\. cee 2oo5-ecr8 Be betel wea 38. 45 3.20 2.15 2.71 66 84. 45 
IATICANSAS) a. c\ar eo - Ae FU AS a Ne 38. 4 3.35 2.18 2. 76 65.15 82. 35 
MOUISIQT A eee | eo). Be) Rue eae 37.1 3.3 2. 2 2.05 68. 47 84. 25 
Whites (miscellaneous) ............... 36.5 3.14 222 2. 68 71.1 82 
Females: 
MIMS OCs coe cn eee tee ay as 35. 25 2.6 1. 96 2. 28 Osoue 83. 7 
PAERICATISAS jet eee ae te se een Eo 33.15 2.8 1.98 2. 39 69. 25 82.35 
eG UISIAN emer ence ae eee ney 34.75 2.9 1,88 2.39 64.2 83.9 
Whites (miscellaneous) ............... 34. 56 2. 65 1.96 eos 71.9 81.6 
| 
* Right-+ left + Diameter antero-posterior+ diameter lateral, right and left. 
2 4 
The Munsee tibiz, barring a few moderate inflammatory lesions 
referred to in another section, are normal throughout and free from 
anomalies. The inclination of the head is in no case especially 
marked. 
As to the shape of the shaft at middle, conditions were found as 
follows: 
LIU. MUNSEE TIBI#: SHAPE OF SHAFT AT MIDDLE* 
Per cent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent} Per cent | Per cent 
Males Sarees erase fie 11 13.5 a 24 PSU Y inva edicts, § 41 
Wammlestg. bs 5. 54). ee ae eas. 44 1 Lee be Se oe | 15 SSD i Fee. | 26 
*1—ordinary prismatic; 2=lateral prismatic; 3=external surface concave; 4= posterior surface divided 
into two by vertical ridge; 5=interior border indistinct, posterior half of bone oval; 6—plano-convex; 
I= indefinite. 
