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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I917 



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The families of the mountaineers are remarkaljle in many cases 

 for their large size and there were seen examples of longevity and 

 virility which it would be hard to find in our cities. One of the 

 accompanying pictures shows the three younger children of ]\Ir. 

 Henderson, 83 years old. They are by his second (or third) wife 

 and his children number 21 in all. a fair proportion of whom are 

 still living. 



Fig. 52. — E. Cornett, 24 years old, moiiiUains of L-astcrii 

 Tennessee. 



There are all grades of " niDunlaineers '" and no line of deiuarka- 

 tion separates them from the pcDple in the lower lands, who arc 

 mostly of similar derivation and sonu-tinus of the >;inie i.iniilies. 

 But as one jtroceeds into the uilcK of tlu' niounl;iins. the popul.ilion 

 becomes sparser and more backward, liie culli\;iied p.iuhes ol ground 

 smaller in area, and the habitations poorer, uniil some of the latter 

 come to resemble the shacks of the southern nigro. 



