. Crania americana, or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America [microform] : to which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species. Craniology; Indians of South America; Craniologie; Indiens; Indiens. 201 COTONAY' BLACKFEET. The Bliu-kfont niition is (inu til" the most iiuwcrful in llic northwoskrii ivirioii „r tliis (•(Mitincnt: for. uotwiUistaiuling their long and tlusiHTatc conllicts with all . tribes, they yet thirty thousand sovils. They are )..sed „r three prineipal divisions, of whieh tii
. Crania americana, or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America [microform] : to which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species. Craniology; Indians of South America; Craniologie; Indiens; Indiens. 201 COTONAY' BLACKFEET. The Bliu-kfont niition is (inu til" the most iiuwcrful in llic northwoskrii ivirioii „r tliis (•(Mitincnt: for. uotwiUistaiuling their long and tlusiHTatc conllicts with all . tribes, they yet thirty thousand sovils. They are )..sed „r three prineipal divisions, of whieh tiie Colonau is the most celebrated and best known. Tliey are proverbial for their nncomiironiisinu; hostility to the trappers, wlioni liiey attack and d(>stroy whenever opportunity (.ilers. They never ask for nwrey and rarely award it to their captives. Fierce, crafty and conraireous, they li„l,| little conunnniealion witii other tribes. ;ind revenge theniselv-< on all strangers who intrude, wlietiur for good or evil, williin tiie limits of their nunting t^rounds. : XL. lil,\CKI''()()'l'. Ml. The only two heads I hav ever seen .d" this isolated nation, were brouglit to Ibis city .Mr. (leorge Catliu. and by liim presented to George Combe, Esip Tlu' lattri-.^rntleman has politely placed tlieni at my disposal, and I have had the largest of tinin figured on tiie annexed plate. It is tlie skull of a man who appears to have received a mortal blow (U. tiie top .d' the iiead, near the junction of the parietal bones, which has penetrated into the cavity of the cranium. This 51. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. Philadelphia : J. Dobson; London : Simpkin, Marshall
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