2^2 Mr. M e Causland’s t)hfervaiions on the 
if the Indians were to pra&ife (having from their youth, many 
of them would have as ftrong beards as Europeans. 
(Signed) 
Niagara, April 12, 1784. JOHN BUTLER. 
-Agent of Indian Affairs# 
Captain Brands. 
THE men of the Six-Nations have all beards by nature? 
.as have likewife all other Indian nations of North America 
which I have feen. Some Indians allow a part of the beard 
upon the chin and upper lip to grow, and a few of the Mo- 
hocks (have with razors in the fame manner as Europeans ; 
but the generality pluck out the hairs of the beard by the roots 
as loon as they begin to appear; and as they continue this prac- 
tice all their lives, they appear to have no beard, or at moft 
only a few ftraggling hairs which they have negledled to pluck 
out. I am however of opinion, that if the Indians were td 
lhave they would never have beards altogether fo thick as the 
Europeans ; and there are fome to be met with who have 
a&ually very little beard. 
(Signed) 
JOS. BRANT THAYENDANEGA. 
Niagara, April 19, 1783. 
Upon this fubjeCt I {hall only further obferve, that it “has 
been fuppofed by fome, that this appearance of beard on 
Indians arifes only from a mixture of European blood j and that 
an Indian of pure race is intirely deftitute of it. But the na- 
tions, amongft whom this circumftance can have any influence, 
bear fo -fmall a proportion to the multitude who are unaffected 
by 
