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Males 



Females 



53.8 



55.4 



47.2 

 60.9 

 53-2 

 56.3 



48.1 

 65.2 

 53-6 

 56.5 



Average 



Minimum 



Maximum 



Other Indians 



Old-American whites . 



Body Measurements. — No body measurements were taken among 

 the Chippewa, the work being carried on in an inclement season ; but 

 the loss is not great, as the series included so many old persons. 



CONCLUSIONS 



The observations on and measurements of the Chippewa show the 

 following main points: 



In color, physiognomy, hair, and visible characteristics in general, 

 the full-blood Chippewa of today are completely of the ordinary 

 Indian type, showing no special features. 



In stature they range from medium to tall, in body development 

 from medium to stocky, the latter predominating. 



The head is large, predominantly mesocephalic, and of medium 

 height. The face is both long and broad, the supraorbital ridges fre- 

 quently pronounced, the forehead often more or less sloping, espe- 

 cially among the men, and often low in appearance, particularly 

 among the women. 



The nose is of good size, with medium prominence, and differs 

 considerably in shape; in men it is in half the cases more or less 

 aquiline, in women mostly straight, concave, or concavo-convex. The 

 septum is frequently horizontal or nearly so, especially in the females. 

 The average nasal index is mesorhinic, as among the majority of 

 Indians. 



Alveolar prognathism in the average is slightly to moderately more 

 marked than in whites; the lips in the majority of cases are of medium 

 dimensions, comparable with those of whites, but occasionally the 

 lower lip or both lips are slightly stouter; the chin and lower jaw are 

 well though not excessively developed; the mouth is rather broad. 

 The ears are large, as among Indians in general. 



The tribe, though Algonquian in language and supposedly of 

 eastern origin, shows a larger and relatively broader head, as well as 

 a broader face, than most of the Eastern Indians. In these respects 

 it is probably nearer some of the more central and northern Algon- 

 quian tribes, and as will be shown in a future study, it also approaches 



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