THE CHIPPEWAYS. 



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Chippeways are not naturally very strong, but they are active ; they will walk, 

 swim, paddle, &c., for a length of time without any apparent fatigue. They are 

 inured to exercise, and heedless of exposures of all kinds ; they make good hunters 

 and skilful fishers. They are generally tall and thin, and are easily distinguished 

 from the Missouri Indians by the absence of the aquiline nose, which may be 

 considered characteristic of the latter. Their bodies and shoulders are well set 

 and well proportioned : their legs are not very good, generally destitute of calf, 

 with thick knees and ankles : their feet are large ; their arms and hands small and 

 well shaped ; they possess great strength in the wrist. Their voice is strong and 

 harmonious, and many of them sing, and their ear appears good,"^ They seem 

 to be among the most intelligent of the northern tribes ; brave in war, and faithful 

 to the obligations of friendship. 



PLATE XXVIIL 



CHIPPEWAY. 



I received this head from Henry R, Schoolcraft, Esq., the distinguished 

 traveller and naturalist, and United States Indian agent at Michillimackinack. Of 

 its history nothing is known, excepting the fact of its having belonged to a genuine 

 Chippeway Indian. The general characters are those of the American race ; but 

 the frontal region presents an unusual development. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter. 

 Parietal diameter, . 



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7.3 inches. 

 5.8 inches. 



Exped. II, p. 166. 



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