THE CHINOUKS, 



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evident care and attention which had heen bestowed on the whole arrangement." 

 This head is small but compact, and has had its full share of artificial compression. 

 The Chinouks inhabit the northern shore of the Columbia river, near its mouth. 

 In common with the adjacent cognate tribes, they appear to possess less courage 

 than the Indians of other nations. Mr. Ross Cox gives a sorrowful account of 

 them, " The good qualities of these Indians," says he, "are few, their vices many. 

 Industry, patience, sobriety and ingenuity, nearly comprise the former ; while in 

 the latter may be classed thieving, lying, incontinence, gambling and cruelty."^ 

 Lewis and Clark, at an earlier period, made much the same observations. " They 

 seem to be inferior to their neighbors in spirit. No ill treatment or indignity on 

 our part seems to excite any feeling except fear ; nor, although better provided 

 than their neighbors with arms, have they enterprise enough to use them advan- 

 tageously against the animals of the forest, nor offensively against their neighbors, 

 who owe their safety more to the timidity than the forbearance of the Chinouks."t 

 They fashion their canoes and domestic implements with considerable ingenuity, 

 but have no fondness for the sea beyond the mere acquisition of food for their 

 families. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter. 



Parietal diameter. 



Frontal diameter. 



Vertical diameter, 



Inter-mastoid arch, 



Inter-mastoid line, 



Occipito-frontal arch. 



Horizontal periphery. 



Extreme length of head and face, 



Internal capacity. 



Capacity of the anterior chamber. 



Capacity of the posterior chamber. 



Capacity of the coronal region, . 



Facial angle, .... 



6.7 inches* 



5.9 inches* 



4.7 inches* 



4.6 inches* 

 14.2 inches. 



4. inches. 

 12.9 inches* 

 20. inches. 



8.3 inches. 

 69. cubic inches. 

 32.5 cubic inches. 

 36.5 cubic inches. 



9.9 cubic inches. 



72 degrees. 



* Columbia River, &c., p. 147. 

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tExped. II, p 116. 



