THE NATCHEZ. 



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that all the tribes of that section of Mexico belonged to the great Tlahuica nation, 

 I have designated this specimen accordingly. We recognise in this skull the 

 projecting face, the retreating forehead and the flat occiput of the Toltecan family, 

 although the whole head is more elongated than usual. The styloid process 

 exceeds any similar appendage I have ever seen, and touches the lower jaw in a 

 way that must have impeded the opening of the mouth. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter. 

 Parietal diameter. 

 Frontal diameter, 

 Vertical diameter, 

 Inter-mastoid arch, 

 Inter-mastoid line, 

 Occipito-frontal arch. 

 Horizontal periphery. 

 Internal capacity. 

 Capacity of the anterior chamber. 

 Capacity of the posterior chamber, 

 Capacity of the coronal region. 

 Facial angle, . 



6.9 inches. 



5.2 inches. 



4.2 inches* 



5.4 inches. 



14.5 inches. 



4.1 inches. 



1 4. inches. 



19.2 inches. 



78. cubic inches. 



30. cubic inches. 



48. cubic inches. 

 14.25 cubic inches. 



76 degrees. 



THE NATCHEZ. 



The traditions of the Natchez state, that they migrated from Mexico at two 

 different periods : and their singular usages lead to the belief that they were a 

 branch of the great Toltecan family, which, as we have seen, was subjected to 

 great vicissitudes, and ultimately, in a great measure, expatriated from Anahuac. 



The more obvious analogies between the Natchez and the Toltecas, consist 

 in the worship of the sun, the practice of human sacrifices on the death of eminent 

 persons, hereditary distinctions, and fixed institutions, in which respect they differed 

 from all the other nations of Florida. 

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