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River. They were, according" to such evidence as we possess ( crania, 

 etc.), a homogeneous stock, i)hysically related to tlie type of the 

 eastern Algonquins. The round-headed ])eople of farther up the 

 coast and the St. John's River were evidentl\- wholly ahsent in this 

 region. 



Of the Seminoles, four individuals were met with among the 

 islands, of whom two were full-hloods. ( )ne of these latter suhmitted 

 to measurements. These Indians roam over most of the Everglade 



¥ic.. /I. — A Seminole Miit, Morida. 



part of southern Morida as well as among the myriad of kevs off the 

 coast. They are partly " civilized," but prefer to be left alone. They 

 are considerably mixed with whites and slightly also with negroes, 

 but this mixture does not seem to he recent. They have few if any 

 steady all-the-year-around habitations and lead a more or less 

 nomadic life, moving from place to place in quest of food or for 

 other reasons. They can be met with occasionally, individually or in 

 parties, from Palm Beach on the east coast to I'ort Myers on the 

 west, and from Lake Okechobee to the southern extremity of the 

 peninsula. 



