366 



MortoTi's Crania Americana. 



Mexico, 'They believed in one God, whom they called Vira- 

 cocha, in the immortality of the soul, and in rewards and pun- 

 ishments in the next life. They worshipped both the sun and 

 moon, in whose honor they erected temples and formed idols. 

 They consecrated virgins, in the same manner as practised in 

 modern convents. Their funeral rites were barbarous and cruel : 

 when their chief men died, they buried a number of human 

 victims, women, boys and servants, to attend on the departed 

 in the next world. They were conquered by Pizarro with 

 a force which consisted of 62 horsemen and 102 foot soldiers. 

 p. 124. The following is given as a strikingly characteristic 

 Peruvian head. 



Modern Peruvian, Fig. 5. 



" The skull in these people," says Dr. Morton, " is remarkable 

 for its small size, and for its quadrangular form. The occiput is 

 greatly compressed, sometimes absolutely vertical ; the sides are 

 swelled out, and ihe forehead is somewhat elevated, but very re- 

 treating. The skulls are remarkable for their irregularity. The 

 dimensions of this skull are as follows : 



Longitudinal diameter, .... 6.1 inches. 



Parietal do. .... 6. do. 



Frontal diameter, .... 47 do. 



Vertical do. . ... 5.5 do. 



