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Iroquois. To the southwestward, they are related to the few undeformed crania 
that we now know from the Port Arthur region and from Galveston. 
The above suggestions are about all that can at present be ventured with 
some safety. The anthropologist works under great difficulties in these regions, 
on one hand on account of the head deformations, and on the other because of 
lack of well-identified comparative material from such tribes as the Choetaw and 
their neighbors on one side, the Chitimacha and Atakapa on the other and the 
Fic. 1b.—The lowest dorsal and upper three lumbar vertebra of skeleton No. 277,730, U. S. N. M., 
showing diseased condition and bend forward. Side view. 
Natchez people to the north. However, if collections such as those of Mr. Moore 
continue to be made we shall a few years hence be in a position to give a more 
definite account of the nature of the remains from these territories than is now 
possible. 
Special Remarks: With the exception of a few insignificant impressions due 
to old knocks, occasional traces of arthritis in the glenoid fossa and on the 
