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was generally more or less yellowish-gray; and in no instance had 

 the grayness reached the grade of whiteness that is not uncommonly 

 found in old men and especially in old women of our own race. 



Loss of Hair. — With the exception of one male 76 years of age, 

 in whom there was a slight loss of hair over the forehead, and one 

 female of 74 years in whom there was a slight thinning of the hair 

 over the top, no loss among the full-bloods was observed. In this 

 respect there is very marked difference between the full-bloods and 

 the mixed-bloods, in which latter, in old age, more or less calvitia is 

 common. 



Character of Hair. — Up to old age the hair of the full-blood Chip- 

 pewa was found to be invariably straight, although in two instances 

 where it was worn long by men, the ends showed a tendency to turn 

 up. Among the very old, whose hair is mostly unkempt, it occasionally 

 looks less straight, but this appearance disappeared when the hair 

 was properly combed. In the women of the tribe the hair directly 

 above the forehead is often m»re or less wavy, owing to occasional 

 artificial curling. As to coarseness, it was observed that the hair was 

 never fine nor very coarse; it could be described as medium. 



Mustache and Beard. — The mustache and beard in full-blood male 

 Chippewa is scanty to very scanty. It is rather less in quantity as 

 well as in growth than among some other Indian tribes; but neither 

 mustache nor beard was ever completely absent. No beard grows 

 on the sides of the face. 



Among the full-blood women there was in no instance even a very 

 slight mustache or beard, the most that was observed being fine down. 

 This point is also of importance, for in mixed-blood women of 

 advanced years slight mustache is not uncommon. 



The Forehead. — The forehead in full-blood Chippewa, as already 

 mentioned, is frequently low in appearance, especially in the females, 

 and occasionally it also slopes very perceptibly. The height was re- 

 corded as medium or nearly medium in 42 per cent of the males, and 

 but 17 per cent of the females; and as below medium to low in 58 

 per cent of the males, and 83 per cent of the females. It was addition- 

 ally more or less sloping in nearly half of the men (47 per cent), and 

 in one-seventh of the women. The greater frequency of this latter 

 feature in the males stands in direct connection with marked develop- 

 ment of the supraorbital ridges in that sex. 



Supraorbital Ridges. — The development of the supraorbital ridges 

 in full-blood Chippewa is in general stronger in both sexes than 

 among whites. The exact conditions will be seen from the following 

 records : 



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