THE CREEKS, 



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then seized the musket of a soldier who stood near him, and sprang upon his 

 enemies, one of whom (the subject of the annexed drawing) he found already 

 dead, by a ball through the head, while the other was merely wounded. The 

 latter was at once despatched by a thrust of the bayonet ; and thus by the singular 

 bravery of Captain Dimmick, these two savages lay dead, and side by side, in a 

 few moments after the action began." 



The accompanying lithograph, and the preceding wood outlines, convey an 

 exact representation of this interesting relic, which presents a lofty, though 

 retreating forehead, great breadth between the parietal bones, and remarkable 

 altitude of the whole cranium. The orbits of the eyes show the medium size and 

 quadrangular form, noticed w^hen speaking of the Creek Indians. The fatal ball 

 is observed to have entered the skull at the coronal suture, at its junction with the 

 sphenoid bone ; and it passed out through the opposite parietal bone. 



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, . 



7.3 inches. 

 5.9 inches. 

 4.6 inches. 

 5.8 inches. 



15.9 inches. 



4.4 inches. 

 15.3 inches. 

 20.7 inches. 



93. cubic inches. 

 35.5 cubic inches. 

 57.5 cubic inches. 

 25. cubic inches. 

 72 degrees. 



