NO. 12 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I917 



57 



Two reniarkal)k' exani])les of this fact have just l)een experienced 

 by the writer. For years a growing' necessity in American anthro- 

 pology has been to determine the physical tyi^e of the Shawnee, once 

 a large tribe and one of consideral)le historic importance. Xo great 

 difficulty was apprehended in this task, as the tribe is still well repre- 

 sented. The most promising" part of the tribe was that of the so-called 

 *' al)sentee " Shawnee, on the Shawnee Agency in eastern ( )klahoma. 

 They count 569 individuals, quite a few of whom are generally 

 regarded as " full-bloods.'' 



Fig. 56. — On tlie Shawnee Rcser\aUi)n. I-'roni Icl'i to rit;lu : Ci'cck nii.xcil- 

 blood ; Four-Dollars (82 v.), .Sliawiicc with slight adtnixture of wliitc 

 blood; a half .Shawnee half Drlawarc. with pdssihlv ^nmv while- Iildnd. 



I )ue to a grant of $KX) t roni tlie ( iiniiiiiltct.' of ( )ne llundrcd i>ii 

 Research of the .\merican .Xssociation idr the \d\ancement of 

 Science, the writer was able [o visit the Iribe during the earl\- part 

 of .\ugnsl. \')\J. To his great disappoiiilmenl the task of lind- 

 ing some pure-bloods became exceedingly dillicult. (Juile a few 

 of the Indians were found l(» be " full-bloods," but on in(|uir\- 

 into the f.amily histor\ it was giMU-ralK learned lliat ihe subject was 

 a mixture of .Shawnee with the ( )ncMda, I k'iaw .ire, (reeks, or some 

 otlu-r tribe. In coui'lusion. tlu-ri- were found bnl lliree in(b\ iihi.ils 



