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The preceding statements must not, of course, be regarded as 
implying any lessening of our interest in the Iroquois group. This 
large and important body of Indians was a complex of tribes, some 
of which, as yet, are represented but poorly in our collections, so far 
as their skeletal remains are concerned. It is possible that more 
abundant material will exhibit some differences between these tribes, 
owing to their varied earlier associations and perhaps to other agen- 
cies. In any event, the Iroquois are well worthy of further study, 
even though there may not be strong probability that the chief con- 
clusion reached in this work, namely, their close physical relation with 
the Algonquians, can be seriously modified. 
Much also remains to be done with respect to the Algonquians. The 
Canadian tribes have scarcely been touched as yet; there are numer- 
ous gaps in the skeletal collections from our Eastern states; and data 
on skeletal parts other than the skull in the principal tribes are very 
deficient. 
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