5 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS OF PURE BEAVER INDIANS 
The colour of the skin of the face of the Pure Beaver Indians was 
darker than that of the Chipewyan Indians. 
The hair of the head was straight and black. In none of the twenty- 
eight men or eleven women of whom observations are recorded was it in 
the least wavy. In three, however (males, Nos. 20, 39, and 61), it 
had a brown tinge. The distribution of the quality of the hair of the 
head is shown in the accompanying table. 
Table II 
Distribution, in Percentages, of the Quality of the Hair of the Head 
Tribe 
Numbers 
examined 
Very 
coarse 
Coarse 
Medium 
Fine 
Beaver Indians (pure) 
Men and old men 
35 
% 
6 
% 
57 
% 
23 
% 
14 
Women and old women 
13 
7-5 
61-5 
31 
Chipewyan Indians (Fond-du-Lac band) 
Men 
30 
53 
47 
Women 
21 
9-5 
62 
28-5 
It will be observed from this table that the distribution for the male 
and female Beaver Indians is similar to that for the male and female 
Chipewyan Indians. 
No one showed any signs of baldness. The women, as is usual, have 
finer hair than the men. Only two men (No. 61, and No. 2 old) had any 
hair on the cheek. Six men (Nos. 1, 28, 51, 53, 61, and No. 2 old) had 
more than a scanty amount of hair on upper lip and chin. The amount 
in no case even approached the marked quantity that is the white standard. 
It is, however, to be noted that twelve men are recorded as making at 
least occasional use of the razor, perhaps in a desire to cultivate a beard. 
This detracts from the full value of the records as some who appeared 
hairless may not have been so naturally. Rarely had anyone a single 
grey hair on the head before the age of fifty. Only one (No. 26) of the 
men over sixty years of age had no grey hairs at all. 
The distribution of the shape of the bridge of the nose is shown in 
the accompanying table. 
Table III 
Distribution, in Percentages, of the Shape of the Nose 
Tribe 
Numbers 
examined 
Straight 
Convex 
Concavo- 
convex 
Concave 
Straight 
concave 
Beaver Indians (pure) 
Men and old men 
35 
or 
,0 
20 
% 
26 
% 
40 
% 
14 
% 
Women and old women 
13 
23 
15 
8 
54 
Chipewyan Indians (Fond-du- 
Lac) 
Men 
30 
23 
57 
7 
7 
7 
W'omen 
21 
14 
33-5 
33-5 
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