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River. They were, according- to such evidence as we possess (crania, 

 etc.), a homogeneous stock, physically related to the type of the 

 eastern Algonquins. The round-headed people of farther up the 

 coast and the St. John's River were evidently wholly absent in this 

 region. 



Of the Seminoles, four individuals were met with among- the 

 islands, of whom two were full-bloods. One of these latter submitted 

 to measurements. These Indians roam over most of the Everglade 



Fig. 71. — A Seminole Hut, Florida. 



part of southern Florida as well as among. the myriad of keys off the 

 coast. They are partly " civilized," but prefer to be left alone. They 

 are considerably mixed with whites and slightly also with negroes, 

 but this mixture does not seem, to be recent. They have few if any 

 steady all-the-year-around habitations and lead a more or less 

 nomadic life, moving from place to place in quest of food or for 

 other reasons. They can be met with occasionally, individually or in 

 parties, from Palm Beach on the east coast to Fort Myers on the 

 west, and from Lake Okechobee to the southern extremity of the 

 I^eninsula. 



