THE UCHEES. 



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of John Waring. I have sought in vain for any particulars of his history, nor 

 indeed is there any thing remarkable in the conformation of the skull. It only 

 remains, therefore, to add the 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter, 



Parietal diameter. 



Frontal diameter, 



Vertical diameter. 



Inter-mas toid 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, .... 



The preceding skull belongs to the Phrenological Society of this city, and I 

 have been allowed the use of it on this occasion by my friend Dr. John Bell. I 

 have in my collection four Cherokee heads for w^hich I am indebted to the zeal 

 and kindness of Dr. J. Martin, of the United States Army. On comparing these 

 with the one belonging to the Phrenological Society, I find them all small, the 

 largest not equalling the average of European skulls, and the mean of the series 

 giving but seventy-nine cubic inches of internal capacity, while the mean of the 

 facial angle is seventy-six degrees. 



7.2 



inches. 



5.3 



inches. 



4.3 



inches. 



5.3 



inches. 



14.1 



inches. 



4.5 



inches. 



14.7 



inches. 



19.1 



inches. 



82. 



cubic inches. 



35. 



cubic inches. 



47. 



cubic inches. 



12.25 cubic inches. 



77 degrees. 



THE UCHEES. 



The Uchees, though now incorporated in the Creek confederacy, were 

 primitively a distinct nation, and spoke a different language. They were originally 

 established east of the Coosa river, and they consider themselves the most ancient 

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