202 



CRANIA AMERICANA. 



skull has great breadth between the parietal bones, and the phrenological organ 

 of firmness is strikingly prominent. 



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, .... 



7.1 inches. 

 5.4 inches. 

 4.3 inches. 

 5.1 inches. 



13.8 inches. 

 4.3 inches. 



14. inches. 



19.9 inches. 



77. cubic inches. 

 33.? cubic inches. 

 44.? cubic inches. 

 18.2 cubic inches. 

 78 degrees. 



THE FLAT-HEAD TRIBES OF COLUMBIA RIVER. 



The Indians of the Columbia river were little known until the remarkable 

 expedition of Lewis and Clark, since which period they have been visited and 

 described by several intelligent travellers. These tribes are established on both 

 sides of the river, and to a distance of many miles from its mouth. "They are 

 commonly of diminutive stature, badly shaped, and their appearance by no means 

 prepossessing. They have broad, thick, flat feet, thick ankles, and crooked legs : 

 the last of which deformities is to be ascribed, in part, to the universal practice of 

 squatting or sitting on the calves of their legs and heels, and also to the tight 

 bandages of beads and strings, worn round the ankles by the women, which 

 prevent the circulation of the blood, and render the legs of the females particularly 

 ill shaped and swollen. The complexion is the usual copper colored brown of the 



