NO. 12 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I917 



57 



Two remarkable examples of this fact have just been experienced 

 by the writer. For years a growing necessity in American anthro- 

 pology has been to determine the physical type of the Shawnee, once 

 a large tribe and one of considerable historic importance. No great 

 difficulty was apprehended in this task, as the tribe is still well repre- 

 sented. The most promising" part of the tribe was that of the so-called 

 " absentee " Shawnee, on the Shawnee Agency in eastern Oklahoma. 

 They count 569 individuals, quite a few of whom are generally 

 regarded as " full-bloods.'' 





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Fig. 56. — On the Shawnee iveservation. From lefr tu riyht : Lreek mixed- 

 blood; Four-DoHars (82 v.), Shawnee with shght admixture of white 

 blood ; a half Sh.awnee half Delaware, with possibly some white blood. 



Due to a grant of $100 from the Committee of One Hundred on 

 Research of the American Association for the x\dvancement of 

 Science, the writer was able to visit the tribe during the early part 

 of August, 1917. To his great disappointment the task of find- 

 ing some pure-bloods became exceedingly difficult. Quite a few 

 of the Indians were found to be " full-bloods,'' but on incjuiry 

 into the family history it was generally learned that the subject was 

 a mixture of Shawnee with the Oneida, Delaware, Creeks, or some 

 other tribe. In conclusion, there were found but three individuals 



