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Table XI 
Summary of Means and Probable Errors of Means 
Chipewyan 
Cree 
Males 
Female 
Male 
Fond- 
du- 
lac 
Chipe- 
wyan 
Fitz- 
gerald 
Pure 
Half 
Fond- 
du- 
lac 
Chipe- 
wyan 
Stature 
164-7 
167-1 
170-3 
166-4 
171-1 
150-9 
161-0 
±0-78 
±1-27 
+ 0-72 
+ 0-67 
±1-11 
±0-76 
+ 0-91 
Sitting height 
88-7 
90-8 
89-0 
89-4 
89-7 
82-4 
89-1 
±0-30 
±0-51 
+ 0-46 
+ 0-30 
±0-47 
±0-52 
±0-55 
Sitting index 
53-9 
54-5 
52-5 
53 8 
52-3 
54-8 
55-8 
±0-26 
±0-35 
±0-20 
±0-22 
±0-29 
±0-29 
+ 0-23 
Cephalic index 
78-8 
79-6 
80-1 
79-3 
80-4 
79-6 
77-0 
±0-23 
±0-41 
+ 0-36 
+ 0-23 
±0-40 
±0-25 
+ 0-26 
Glab. occipital 
193-8 
194-8 
191-8 
193-5 
193-1 
186-6 
193-2 
±0-68 
±1-23 
±0-75 
+ 0-56 
±0-72 
±0-58 
+ 0-67 
Biparietal 
152-9 
155-2 
154-0 
153-7 
155-2 
148-6 
150-0 
±0-54 
±0-63 
±0-64 
±0-44 
±0-71 
±0-52 
+ 0-63 
Bizygomatic 
150-0 
149-0 
147-9 
149-6 
146-1 
141-9 
144-6 
±0-58 
+ 0-62 
±0-61 
+ 0-50 
±0-46 
+ 0-74 
±0-39 
Bipar. bizyg. index 
98-4 
95-9 
95-9 
97-6 
94-3 
95-5 
96-6 
±0-31 
±0-41 
+ 0-35 
±0-25 
±0-32! 
±0-42 
±0-31 
Front min 
104-6 
105-2 
105-1 
104-2 
105-6 
102-4 
103-2 
±0-70 
±0-95 
±0 56 
±0-51 
±0-68 
±0-53 
+ 0-63 
Menton-crinion 
186-6 
191-3 
187-4 
187-6 
186-8 
180-8 
184-0 
+0-96 
+ 1-52 
±0-86 
±0-83 
±1-20 
±1-13 
+ 0-97 
Menton-nasion 
124-1 
127-8 
123-9 
125-3 
124-3 
120-1 
124-6 
+ 0-78 
±1-29 
±0-65 
+ 0-68 
+ 0-87 
+ 0-77 
+ 0-83 
Facial index 
82-6 
85-4 
84-0 
83-8 
84-8 
84-9 
86-1 
±0-41 
+ 0-84 
±0-59 
±0-47 
±0- 621 
+ 0-44 
+ 0-44 
Upper lip (length) 
19-2 
19-5 
16-8 
19-2 
16-9 
19-7 
±0-54 
+ 0-42 
±0-29 
+ 0-31 
+ 0-37 
+ 0-41 
Nose height 
54-0 
57-2 
54-4 
55-1 
53-7 
51-5 
54-7 
±0-39 
±0-52 
±0-32 
±0-31 
±0-57 
+ 0-63 
±0-37 
Nose width — 
39-4 
38-7 
38-9 
39-7 
38-8 
36-2 
38-2 
±0-38 
±0-40 
±0-52 
±0-33 
+ 0-44 
+ 0-33 
+ 0-42 
Nose index 
72-9 
68-7 
720 
71-9 
73-6 
71-5 
69-2 
±0-84 
±1-13 
±1-01 
±0-71 
±1-07 
+ 1-19 
+ 1*01 
Mouth length 
62-3 
63-8 
60-2 
62-2 
61-3 
59-1 
60-0 
±0-31 
+ 0-82 
±0-50 
±0-32 
±0-53 
+ 0-50 
+ 0-45 
Ear length 
66-1 
66-0 
65*9 
67-0 
67-0 
65-6 
±0-63 
±0-83 
±0-61 
±0-51 
±0-75 
+ 0-59 
Ear width. 
37-3 
36-3 
35-4 
36-8 
35-3 
35-2 
+ 0-30 
+ 0-33 
+ 0*32 
+ 0-23 
+ 0-37 
+ 0-28 
Ear index 
56-9 
54*8 
53-6 
55-8 
53-6 
53-4 
±0-57 
±0-63 
+ 0-58 
+ 0-47 
±0-54 
+ 0-52 
Hand length.. 
189-9 
191-7 
189-5 
189-1 
194-6 
177-5 
191-4 
±0 81 
± 1-37 
±1-27 
+ 0-76 
±1-19 
+ 0-99 
±1-02 
Hand width 
88-9 
90-8 
88-4 
88-9 
90-9 
80-6 
90-1 
±0-52 
±0-57 
±0 43 
±0-38 
+ 0-57 
+ 0-48 
±0-57 
Hand index 
47-2 
47-1 
46-7 
47-0 
46-9 
45-7 
47-3 
±0-25 
±0-29 
±0-25 
±0-19 
+ 0-26 
+ 0-30i 
+ 0-31 
Numbers (approx.).. 
33 
15 
24 
44 
21 
21 
25 
The Chipewyan Indians are short in stature; the Cree and Saulteaux 
measured last year were tall. The similarities in the measurements of 
the Cree investigated this year at Chipewyan and those last year at Oxford 
House are dealt with on page 24. The similarities are, in most cases, 
surprisingly close. In the few respects in which these tvro bands of Cree 
differ from each other they resemble, respectively, neighbouring tribes: 
