178 



CRANIA AMERICANA. 



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, .... 



4.8 inches. 



5.5 inches. 



15.1 inches. 



4.6 inches. 



14.2 inches. 

 20.9 inches. 



94. cubic inches. 

 43. cubic inches. 

 51. cubic inches. 

 14.75 cubic inches. 

 84 degrees. 



THE MENOMINEES. 



The Menominees formerly inhabited the country about Green Bay, in 

 Wisconsin, where they were early visited by the Jesuit missionaries, from whom 

 they received the name of Folks Avoines; because, with more prudence than the 

 adjacent tribes, they collect in summer a quantity of wild-rice to serve them for 

 subsistence in winter. 



Charlevoix and others, says General Pike, have all borne testimony to the 

 beauty of this nation. '' From my own observation I had sufficient reason to 

 confirm their information, for the men are all straight and well made, about the 

 middle size, and their complexion fair for savages. In short, he adds, they would 

 anywhere be considered handsome, and the women are even handsomer." Such is 

 the testimony of nearly all travellers. Charlevoix calls them very fine men, and 

 the best shaped in all Canada. Mr. Keating remarks also that the few Menomi- 

 nees he met with, were of a light color, much resembling the white mulattoes of 

 the United States; and he adds, that "they are naturally so much fairer than the 

 neighboring tribes, that they are sometimes called the white Indians."* Although 

 a small nation " they are respected by all their neighbors for their bravery and 



Exped. to the St. Peter's River, I, p. 174. 



