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CRANIA FROM THE MOUNDS OF FLORIDA. 



Measurements, Table No. 3. 



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 130 

 136 

 118 

 105 



83 

 77 

 79 

 

 71 



77 



90 

 91 

 84 

 83 

 75 



49 

 47 

 51 

 42 

 44 



109 

 119 

 116 



100 

 95 



32 

 30 

 34 

 31 

 



32 



54 



57 

 61 



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II. A Comparison of the Skulls from the Florida Graves with [a) those 

 Marked Seminole in the Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences; 

 (6), those from North America (mainland) West of the Rocky Mountains; 

 and (c) those found on the santa barbara islands. 



(a) Seminole Skulls. — It is desirable to compare the skulls obtained by Mr. 

 Moore with those of the Indians inhabiting Florida during the historic period. 



The Indians named Seminole were probably not of a pure stock, if we can 

 rely upon the statements of Chas. C. Jones Jr. 1 This writer states that " of the 

 Indian nations east of the Mississippi River, occupying and living adjacent to this 

 territory about the beginning of the eighteenth century the dominant people were 

 the Uchees, Lower, Middle and Upper Creeks, — constituting the formidable Muscogee 

 Confederacy, — the Yamasees, the Cherokees. the Chickasaws, the Choctaws, the 

 Natchez and the Seminoles. East of the Savannah River resided the Catawbas, 

 the Savannahs and the Westoes" (p. 1). "The Yamasees and their Confederates 

 were in 1715 routed by Governor Craven and driven across the Savannah River into 

 the arms of the Spaniards of Florida. — The Uchees also contented themselves after 

 this signal discomforture with a residence in Florida (p. 3). 



" Of the Creek Confederacy by far the most numerous and powerful nation was 

 the Muscogee. The Hitchittees, who resided on the Chattahoochee and Flint 

 Rivers, although a distinct tribe, spoke a dialect of the Muscogee. The Seminoles, 

 or Isty-semole (wild men) inhabiting the peninsula of Florida, were pure Muscogees, 



1 Antiquities of the Southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia Tribes. New York, D. 

 Appleton & Co., 1873. 



