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DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER, CUSTOMS AND 
PERSONS OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES, FROM 
MY OWN OBSERVATIONS, AS WELL AS FROM THE 
GENERAL AND IMPARTIAL REPORT OF ANCIENT 
RESPECTABLE MEN, EITHER OF THEIR OWN PEO- 
PLE, OR WHITE TRADERS, V/HO HAVE SPENT MANY 
DAYS OF THEIR LIVES AMONGST THEM. 
PERSONS and QUALIFICATIONS. 
TP h e males of the Cherokees, Mufcogulges* 
Sitriinoles, Chicafaws, Chactaws, and confederate 
tribes of the Creeks, are tall, eredt, and moderately 
robuft ; their limbs well fhaped, fo as generally to 
form a perfect human figure ; their features regu- 
lar, and countenance open, dignified and placid ; ye£ 
the forehead and brow fo formed, as to {trike you 
inflantly with heroifm and bravery ; the eye though 
rather imall, yet adtive and full of fire ; the iris al- 
ways black, and the nofe commonly inclining to th© 
aquiline. 
Their countenance and addons exhibit an air of 
magnanimity, fuperiority and independence. 
Their complexion of a reddifh brown or copper 
colour ; their hair long, lank, coarfe, and black as 
a raven, and refledling the like luftre at different ex- 
pofures to the light. 
The women of the Cherokees are tall, {lender* 
fredt and of a delicate frame ; their features form- 
ed with perfedt fymmetry, their countenance cheer 
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