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long," says he, " before we met with a new enemy, equally brave as the Iroquois, 

 less politic, but much more ferocious, and whom it was impossible to conquer or 

 to surprise. They might be compared to those insects which appear to have as 

 many lives as limbs ; for they were no sooner dispersed than they reappeared, and 

 when reduced to a mere handful of brigands, they were still to be encountered 

 every where, and for twenty-five years interrupted commerce, and infested the 

 roads, over a tract more than five hundred leagues in circumference. These were 

 the Ottigamibs, commonly called Foxes."* A late traveller remarks that these 

 people still retain their ancient character, being " constantly embroiled in wars 

 and disputes with their neighbors, the results of which show that they have more 

 courage in battle than wisdom in council."! 



PLATE XXXI. 



OTTIGAMIE. 



A large and ponderous skull of a full-blood Fox Indian, for which, and 

 various similar favors, I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. B. B. Brown, of St. 

 Louis, Missouri. It is one of the largest aboriginal skulls in my collection, as 

 will be seen by the following 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter, 

 Parietal diameter, . 

 Frontal diameter, 

 Vertical diameter, . 



• • • 



• • 



7. inches. 

 5.9 inches. 

 4.7 inches. 

 5.5 inches. 



*Hist. Generale de la Nouv. France, IV, p. 94. 



t Schoolcraft, Trav. p. 348. 



