. 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. 'I'ln: NATtiiK/. it>i " Fnini sicrttiviiii*'* to •tnicliviin'ss U\ (•(iiiHtniclivi'iicss 1^." Mr. Dorlcmllf, nl' Ciiiciiiiinti. 1ii»h kiii«ll}' pns. nd il me vvitli a cunI of aiiotlirr skull nldirmril iimr Hi'' »ily "f Nutflii/, aiitl wliuli (•()iii's|>ii»U in uuoi l' il» ilcdiils with timt Inn- ('ij^urid. i\iul
. 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. 'I'ln: NATtiiK/. it>i " Fnini sicrttiviiii*'* to •tnicliviin'ss U\ (•(iiiHtniclivi'iicss 1^." Mr. Dorlcmllf, nl' Ciiiciiiiinti. 1ii»h kiii«ll}' pns. nd il me vvitli a cunI of aiiotlirr skull nldirmril iimr Hi'' »ily "f Nutflii/, aiitl wliuli (•()iii's|>ii»U in uuoi l' il» ilcdiils with timt Inn- ('ij^urid. i\iul nf wliirh I Miiijtiiii Iwu ( I :im I'iiiIIk T iiiloniitil lliiit I'hr mI lr;isl nf 'rxlraonliiiary niiiiiii. liiivr (ililaimd iVoiii ilill'cn iil iikhiikN in llic aiiciiiil li iriluiy nf llic Natcln /. ll is now Will aMMi'taiiicd. Imwcvd'. Ilial several (pIIh r tiiln s ul' our smillicni Imliaiis ills, [iraclis((l till' art «( cliaiiiiinti llic lunn nl' (lif •^kuil. Ainimu; \\u iUv skull \:\\;' Martiani is nmre explieil. -''IMie flmctaws are called liy the traders I'lats. or rialhcads. all the males Imvin- the lure and hind part of their skulls llattened xv , which is ellrelid in thi' lollowin^ manner. A'^ soiui as tin' eliiid is horn, tiie nurs( provides a cradle (U' wooden case, whi're tlie head reposes, iieiu'j; lasliioned like a hrick mould. In this pnrt of the machine tiie little ho\- is lived, a ha^- of s;md heiiii; laid "U its forehead, which, hy continual u^! )mpressnre. liives the head somewhat the form of a hrick from Ihi' temples npwaids. and hy Ihese means they ha\.' hi,u;h and iM'ty foreheads, slopiui; olV hackwards.' i The C.'ho'.taws, therefore, moulded their heails in the same style or form with 'he Natchez. I suipjoin dia;irams of an admirahly preserved cranium from a mound hi-li \ip the Alahama river, and which has iieiii (if llii' AiU'T. Ill liaii-^, |i. js I. -II * I'l IV. |i. .'ill. Pl
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