136 1NJJI INS 01 THE PLAINS. 





Millimel • 



Inches. 



I >akota 



1726 



67.09 



Plains-Ojibway 



1723 



67.8 



Blackfoot 



1715 



67.5 



Kiowa 



1709 



67.2 



Comanche 



1678 



66.06 



These are from the typical nomadic group of tribes 

 as previously defined and with the exception of the 

 Comanche are quite tall. As the figures above are 

 averages, we must expect among the Cheyenne some 

 very tall individuals. (Twenty per cent of those 

 measured, exceeded 1820 mm.) 



On the west, the statures are less: 





Millimeters 



Inches 



Xez Perce 



1697 



66.8 



Ute 



1661 



65.4 



he village group 



we note: 







Millimeters 



Inches 



Omaha 



1732 



68.1 



Pawnee 



1713 



67.4 



Arikara 



1690 



66.5 



again a tendency toward tall statures. 



Looking at the faces of the various tribes, some 

 general differences appear. Those of the Blackfoot, 

 Plains-Cree, and Assiniboine seem rather rounded and 

 delicate while those of the Dakota are longer and clear 

 cut with strong lines, an eagle nose and more prominent 

 cheek bones. The Pawnee again have large heavy or 



