6 
i.e., 50 per cent of the total adult male population of 48. 
Adult and Old Male Cree Indians 
Chipewyan Adult (ages 20-50 years) 25 
Old (ages 60 years and over) 6 
Total number examined 31 
i.e., 69 per cent of the total adult male population of 45. 
Adult and Old Female Chipewyan Indians 
Fond-du-lac . . .Adult (ages 20-59 years) 21 
Old (ages 60 years and over) 0 
Total number examined 21 
i.e., 22 per cent of the total adult female population of 94. 
Various other adult and old male and female Indians, pure and breed, 
especially from Waterways and McMurray 30 
Total number of adults and old persons examined 160 
Boys, pure and breed Indians (ages 10-19 years) 25 
Girls, “ “ (ages 10-19 years) 28 
Total number of children under 20 years examined 53 
Total number of individuals examined 213 
From these bands 44 adult male Indians (ages 20-59 jTars) have been 
selected as being, on the evidence of the interpreters, pure Indians. 
From these bands 22 adult male Indians (ages 20-59 years) have been 
selected as being, either on their own statement or on the evidence of the 
interpreters, Chipewyan-white breeds. 
Ages. The ages of the adults and of the old people are, no doubt, 
only approximately accurate. We endeavoured not to include in the 
adult group any who appeared to be under 20 or over 59 years of age; that 
is to say, in doubtful cases the interpreter was urged to attempt to extract 
the correct age. The Mother Superior of the orphanage at Chipewyan, 
who very courteously allowed the children in her charge to be examined, 
was able to supply accurate details of age and also of stock of these children. 
Grouping and Treatment of Material. The individuals are arranged in 
groups according to the band to which they belong, i.e., according to the 
reserve at which they were paid their treaty money. On account of the 
fact that children, old people, Cree-white breeds, and Chipewyan-Cree 
breeds were not obtained in sufficient numbers to be treated statistically, 
they are referred to only occasionally, as for example, when considering 
such characters as the colour of the eye, or the blood grouping; but the 
data concerning them are made available in the appendix. Three adult 
Crees (Nos. 32, 33, and 34) were encountered at Fitzgerald, but as they 
had recently belonged to the band at Chipewyan, they are considered with 
this band. 
There can be no doubt that in each band there is a certain admixture 
of European blood. To discover, therefore, the average descriptive 
characters and physical proportions of pure Chipewyan Indians a sufficient 
number of those w T ho are undoubtedly pure must be extracted from the 
