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MATERIAL COLLECTED IN' 1923 
D. Jenness, while making an ethnological survey in British Columbia 
in 1923, availed himself of the opportunity of making observations of the 
physical features and measurements of the Sekani, Eastern Carriers, and 
Western Carriers, who frequented the upper reaches of Fraser river. The 
Sekani were measured at McLeod, on McLeod lake, where two bands 
of the tribe have amalgamated and built permanent homes. They have 
been in close contact with the Carriers, particularly the Stuart Lake Car- 
riers, for over a century, but with four exceptions all the individuals whose 
measurements are included in this report gave their parentage on both 
sides as Sekani. In each of the four exceptions (Nos. 89, 91, 96, and 101) 
the mother was a Carrier woman from Stuart lake. The Eastern Carriers 
were measured at Prince George, Stony Creek, and Fort Fraser, the 
Western Carriers at Hagwilget, on Bulkley river. The data on these are 
to be found in the appendix. As mentioned before, these tribes belong, 
as do the Beaver, to the D6ne or northern Athapascan stock. Only those 
who are said to be devoid of all white blood are considered in this report. 
The measurements of a number of breeds who were examined have been 
discarded. 
In all, the features are described and measurements given of eighty- 
five individuals who are distributed as follows: 
Table IX 
Distribution of Individuals Examined in 1923 
Tribe of Indiana 
Men 
(20 to 59 
years) 
Old men 
(60-|- years) 
Women 
(20 to 59 
years) 
Old women 
(60+ years) 
Total 
Sekani 
11 
3 
9 
1 
24 
Western Carrier. 
5 
7 
2 
14 
Eastern Carrier 
19 
4 
22 
2 
47 
Total 
35 
14 
31 
5 
85 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS OF THE PURE SEKANI, 
EASTERN CARRIER, AND WESTERN CARRIER INDIANS 
Though the hair of the head was typically straight and black, in most 
(nineteen out of twenty-four) of the male and female Sekani and a few 
(four out of twenty-four) of the Eastern Carrier females, a slight degree 
of waviness was shown. That is to say, 27 per cent of the eighty-five 
persons examined had wavy hair. All the others had straight hair. The 
hair was black except in two or three old persons in whom it was turning 
grey or was becoming white. The amount of hair on the faces of the men 
and old men is shown in Table X. 
