North American Indians of the Plains . lains Indians. The number for eachtribe, together with the extent of mixture, is shown inthe table. Nearly all of the mixed-bloods are descend-ants of white men and Indian women. We have noexact data as to the number of these Indians in Canada,but consider it to be less than 12,000. Since 1880 thereseems to have been little change in the density of thispopulation, though some tribes are now increasing. Asto how the number of 1910 compares with the popula-tion of a century or more ago we can but guess, butthere is no reason to believe that it ever exceeded
North American Indians of the Plains . lains Indians. The number for eachtribe, together with the extent of mixture, is shown inthe table. Nearly all of the mixed-bloods are descend-ants of white men and Indian women. We have noexact data as to the number of these Indians in Canada,but consider it to be less than 12,000. Since 1880 thereseems to have been little change in the density of thispopulation, though some tribes are now increasing. Asto how the number of 1910 compares with the popula-tion of a century or more ago we can but guess, butthere is no reason to believe that it ever exceeded100,000. Xo careful study of the physical types for the Plainshas been made. Our general impression of the tribalappearance is largely influenced by hair dress, costume,and posture, and it is difficult to dissociate theseexternals from somatic features. Yet, a brief scrutinyof casts of faces or photographs usually reveals tribalresemblances like those we see in families among our-selves. As the Indians of the Plains are but a sub- 139.
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