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REPORT — 1898. 



A short analysis of the material contained in the preceding 

 tables and in previous Reports of the Committee allows us to dis- 

 tinguish with certainty three distinct types of man among the natives of 

 British Columbia. These are the northern type, embracing the Haida, 

 Nass River Indians, and Tsimshian ; the Kwakiutl type, embracing the 

 Bilqula, He'iltsuk", Awl'ky'enoq, and the tribes of the Kwakiutl ; and 

 the Thompson River type, embracing tlie Lillooet and Thompson River 

 Indians. These types may be characterised by the following measure- 

 ments : — 



There are good indications of the existence of other types, but they 

 cannot be distinguished with absolute certainty from the types enumerated 

 here. It seems very probable that an examination of the Lillooet of 

 Pemberton Meadows will establish beyond a doubt the existence of the 

 peculiar type which in the Seventh and Tenth Reports of the Committee 

 was named the Harrison Lake type, which is characterised by a very 

 broad and very short head, small stature, large nose, and small face. Our 

 measurements of the Lillooet were undertaken with a view of determining 

 the existence of this type, but they did not extend far enough south. The 

 characteristics of the Coast Salish of Washington and Southern British 

 Columbia are doubtful, because the prevalent practice of deforming the 

 head does not permit us to compare their head measurements with those 

 of other tribes. Their faces show the same breadth as those of the other 

 coast tribes, but their noses are much lower and flatter than those of the 

 Kwakiutl. The Kamloops and other Shuswap tribes are closely allied to 

 the Thompson River type, but it seems that the dimensions of their heads 

 are a little larger, their statures a, little higher. The Chilcotin resemble 

 the Shuswap much, but their faces are flatter, their noses not so highly 

 elevated over the face. 



A study of the profiles of these types shows several important] 

 phenomena that are not elucidated in the tables of measurements. 

 The northern type shows, on the whole, a rounded forehead ; a nose 

 which tends rather to be concave than convex, with the exception 



