222 REPORT ON AN ADDITIONAL COLLECTION OF SKELETAL 
The Sternum. 
From Arkansas there are two bodies and four manubria, and from Louisiana 
four bodies and seven manubria. In none of these cases is the manubrium attached 
to the body. The bodies vary considerably in all dimensions. 
The Scapula. 
Of the scapulæ there are but few fragments, and three imperfect pieces that 
could be measured. All of these are from Louisiana. In descriptive features they 
exhibit nothing of special interest. 
MEASUREMENTS 
| | | Height: inferior | ШЕ" 
Height: angleto inter- | Breadth Breadth-height | Breadth-height 
Sex Number | Side inferior to section of зрте | index index 
| superior angle | and median | (Вгоса) total inferior 
| | border | | 
| cm. | cm. | cm. | 
Male 255.201 | Right ің ӨТІ 11.7 | 10.5 | 65.6 89.7 
Male .106 | Left ? | 11.0 10.7 ? | 97.3 
| | | 
Female .095 | Left 1$8 =|... 20 ? , | 2 
| 
| 
The Vertebre. 
The dimensions of the vertebra are generally moderate, the bones being never 
very large or massive. The principal anatomical features are similar to those in 
whites. As to variations in number, little can be determined on account of the 
incompleteness of the sets. 
The principal anomalies of the vertebra are mentioned at the beginning of this 
section. ; 
A peculiar feature is the very frequent occurrence of more or less marked 
lateral asymmetry of the bodies of the dorsal vertebra, without indication of disease. 
The Pelvis. 
There are in all 14 pelves, 4 male and 10 female, on which measurements are 
possible. Owing to the small number of specimens in the individual groups, the 
data are not useful for comparison, and must remain simply as so many records to 
be utilized with additional material in the future. 
The general index of the pelvis averages higher in the male skeletons from the 
two sections, as well as in the female skeletons from Louisiana, than it does in the 
whites, thus showing relatively great breadth. The average index of the inlet, 
which in whites ranges from 79 to 80, is likewise greater in most of the Indian 
skeletons. 
In addition to the pelves, there are present a number of single ossa innominata, 
the measurements of which are given in the table (р. 223). The figures give some 
interesting indications, but the number of specimens is too small for definite deduc- 
tions. 
