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Table IX 
The Three Linguistic Stocks 
In sections A, B, C mean measurements and indices of male and female representatives 
(aged 20-59 years) of the three main stocks of Indians in Canada are recorded, together 
with the mean differences between the two sexes of each stock. The data for section 
C have been taken from Louis R. Sullivan : Anthropological Papers of the American Museum 
of Natural History, vol. XXIII, pt. Ill (New York, 1920). 
In section D, for the sake of easy reference, similar data are given for white stock, 
largely British in origin, taken from Hrdlicka’s “Old Americans”. 
A 
B 
C 
D 
Athapascan 
Algonquian 
Siouan 
Mainly British 
Measurements 
stock 
stock 
stock 
stock 
in mm. 
Chipewyan Indians 
Cree and Saulteaux In- 
Various bands 
“Old Americans’’ 
at Fond-du-lac 
dians at Island lake 
Sullivan’s data 
Hrdlicka’s data 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Males 
Females 
differ- 
Males 
Females 
differ- 
Males 
Females 
differ- 
Males 
Females 
differ- 
ence 
ence 
ence 
ence 
Stature 
1,647 0 
1,509-0 
138-0 
1,700-0 
1,576-0 
124-0 
1,724-0 
1,600-0 
124-0 
1,744-0 
1,618-0 
126-0 
Sitting height. . 
887-0 
824-0 
63-0 
899 0 
832-0 
67-0 
885-0 
821-0 
64-0 
923-0 
873-0 
50-0 
Sitting height 
index 
53-0 
54-8 
0-9 
53-0 
52-8 
0-2 
51-4 
51-4 
0-0 
52-9 
53-9 
1-0 
Cephalic index, , 
78-8 
79-6 
0-8 
79-4 
79-9 
0-5 
79-6 
80-5 
0-9 
78-3 
79-4 
11 
Glabella ad 
max 
193-8 
186-6 
7-2 
196-1 
188-4 
7-7 
194-9 
187-0 
7-9 
197-8 
186-2 
lie 
Biparietal 
152-9 
148-6 
4*3 
155-6 
150-4 
5-2 
155-1 
150-9 
4-2 
154-8 
148-0 
6-8 
Bizygomatic — 
150-0 
141-9 
81 
146-8 
140-2 
6-6 
149-1 
142-8 
6-3 
138-6 
129-9 
8-7 
Ceph.-fac. index 
98-4 
95-5 
2-9 
94-4 
93-2 
1-2 
96 1 
94-7 
1-4 
89-5' 
87-8 1 
l-7i 
Frontal min. . . . 
104-6 
102-4 
2-2 
104-7 
102-7 
2-0 
105-9 
101-2 
4-7 
Menton-crinion. . 
186-6 
180-8 
5-8 
184-4 
175-9 
9-5 
189-9 
179-4 
10-5 
184-5 
175-3 
9-2 
Menton-nasion. . 
124-1 
120-1 
4-0 
124-7 
118-5 
6-2 
124-6 
117-4 
7-2 
119-3 
110-9 
8-4 
Facial index. . . . 
82-6 
84-9 
2-3 
84-8 
84-6 
0-2 
83-0 
82-3 
1-3 
86- 1 
85-4 
0-7 
Noee height. . . . 
54-0 
51-5 
2-5 
54-8 
50-7 
4-1 
58-3 
55-2 
3-1 
53-5 
49-4 
4-1 
Noee width 
39-4 
36-2 
3-2 
39-9 
35-3 
4-6 
39-9 
37-4 
2-5 
36- 1 
32-5 
3-6 
Nose index 
72-9 
71-5 
1-4 
72-9 
70-0 
2-9 
68-8 
68-0 
0-8 
67-5 
66-0 
1-5 
Mouth length 
62-3 
59-1 
3-2 
60-6 
55-8 
4-8 
53-7 
49-5 
4-2 
Hand length .... 
189-9 
177-5 
12-4 
192-3 
180-2 
12-1 
192-8 
173-4 
19-4 
Hand width .... 
88-9 
80-6 
8-3 
86-3 
78-2 
8-1 
91-8 
78-7 
13-1 
Hand index 
47-2 
45-7 
1-5 
44-8 
43-5 
1-3 
47-6 
45-4 
2-2 
Number 
33 
21 
68 
100 
540 
157 
247 
210 
1 Approximate. 
The Mouth. We have no data on the mouths of the Sioux, but the 
Athapascan men and women have definitely wider mouths than the Algon- 
quian men and women; the mouths of the Athapascan men being 1*7 
mm. and the mouths of the Athapascan women being 3-3 mm. wider than 
those of the Algonquian men and women. 
The Hands. Whether or not there is a difference between the lengths 
of the hands of the Athapascan and Algonquian men and women, respect- 
ively, there is certainly a difference in their mean width. The hands of 
the men of each stock are, in mean measurement, about 12*0 mm. longer 
and 8-0 mm. wider than those of the women. The Algonquian men and 
women have, in any case, relatively narrower hands than the Athapascans. 
The Upper Lip. There is a definite difference between Athapascan 
and Algonquian men in length of upper lip. 
The Ear. There is a definite difference between the Athapascan and 
Algonquian men in width of ear, though not in ear length. 
In general shape of head these Athapascan men and women, respect- 
ively, are hardly to be distinguished from these Algonquian men and 
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