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ANTHROPOLOGY. 
AR RCH ROLOGIOAL IMPOSTURES.— To hoaz 1s eminently an American pro- 
always reckless, which pervades our society far and wide, and which is 
gratified by creating what is called **a sensation." Sometimes there is a 
sinister or selfish motive hehind, and a deliberate imposture is practiced 
with the view to pecuniary advantage. Of this the ‘Aztec children” 
and the ‘Onondaga giant” are clear examples. The latter fraud, it is 
to be hoped, is bani ; the former flourished for years after it had been 
ie md exposed. 
I have hu —— down a score or more of these frauds on popular cre- 
just as though two spoons of equal size could not fit into or over each 
y 
canons of Rear River in the Uin ountains. I quote from n article : 
* Having secured the help of some half dozen men, Professor Scott immediately directed 
his, cour: hast the T where a bastard men? starts out eee one of the sad pars 
Fortunately he 2 with him a half-br ge 
all through that section, and through the interpretor he _ warned from Wenn i a 
sub-chief of sme ipcdiod Mies, f of extraordi- 
nary dimensions. Tl and to his ; great gratifica- 
tion discovered a tumulus of as fair and positive proportions as any described by Squier and 
Davis wi 
gok eet, was : 
of half a gallon, cone-shaped, an s um atte any mark or engraving whatever onit. Along the 
left side lay a mica bracelet ser a spring clasp, perfectly preserved. On each side of the 
Skull were two medicine stones, shaped like a cigar, full of holes, and of half-pound weight. 
