512 DISCOVERY OP INDIAN REMAINS, COUNTY NORFOLK. 



terest on Tlie remains were met with accidentally 



when plo ed roots of a large pine stump ; and un- 



fortunal ;ull — which escaped the edge of the ploughshare and 



was perfect when found, — was carelessly handled, and broken into 

 fragments. Having visited that district during the summer, some 

 researches then made by me with a view to the discovery of 

 traces of Indian occupation, bad suggested the likelihood of such 

 remains being regarded by me with interest. Accordingly the greater 

 number of pieces of the fractured skull, along with various portions 

 of the principal bones of the skeleton, and the accompanying relics, 

 were forwarded to me through the kind intervention of my friend Dr. 

 Covernton, of Simcoe, and I have succeeded in putting the pieces of the 

 skull together, so as to present it in a restored form, complete, with 

 the exception of part of the occipital bone. 



The first impression formed from a view of this skull, and the seem- 

 ingly disproportionate delicacy of such portions of the skeleton as 

 accompanied it, was that it was part of a female dwarf, of the old 

 Indian race ; and this tended to give additional interest to any details 

 in reference to its discovery. The skull is delicately formed, the 

 cerebral developement, especially in the frontal region, unusually 

 large ; and while the jaws are prognathous, the malar bones and the 

 zygomata are comparatively small and slender in their proportions, 

 very markedly so indeed for one of Indian birth, and the under jaw is 

 of light and delicate structure. In the superior maxillaries the 

 dentcs sa; are fully formed, though not come down, and the 



frontal consists of a single bone, without the slightest trace of any 

 suture being apparent. The entire cranium, apart from the bones of 

 the face, presents a striking contrast in the largeness of its cerebral 

 developement, and its symmetrical proportions, to another Indian 

 female skull in my < lion, obtained from an ancient cemetery on 



the Oak Ridges, County of York, and evidently that of a full grown 

 adult. While such are the characteristics of the skull, the bones of 

 Che skeleton are small, slight, and delicate in structure. These various 

 appearances seemed to corroborate the first convictions of the abnor- 

 mal character of the skeleton, and to suggest the idea already referred 

 to, of its possibly beiug that of an Indian dwarf, though more careful 

 observations have not tended to coufirm this supposition. 



In addition to the bones of the skull, the various portions of the 

 skeleton forwarded to me included those of the upper and lower 

 extremities, along with the principal parts of the pelvis, and these I 

 submitted to Dr. E. M. Hodder, who kindly permitted me to avail 

 myself of his well-known skill and experience. The conclusion 



