. Bulletin. Ethnology. BDLL. SO] NAVAHO 43 family, and a vocabulary of their lan- guage shows that the majority of their words have counterparts in dialect-^ of Alaska, Britit^h America, and California. The grammatical structure is lii^e that of Athapascan tongues in general, 1 )ut many words have been inherited from other sources. The grammar isintricate and the vocabulary copious, abounding especi- allv in local names. Pueblos. Their faces are a little more hirsute than those of Indians farther e. Many have occiputs so flattened that the skulls are brachycephalic or hyper- l)rachycephalic, a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BDLL. SO] NAVAHO 43 family, and a vocabulary of their lan- guage shows that the majority of their words have counterparts in dialect-^ of Alaska, Britit^h America, and California. The grammatical structure is lii^e that of Athapascan tongues in general, 1 )ut many words have been inherited from other sources. The grammar isintricate and the vocabulary copious, abounding especi- allv in local names. Pueblos. Their faces are a little more hirsute than those of Indians farther e. Many have occiputs so flattened that the skulls are brachycephalic or hyper- l)rachycephalic, a feature resulting from the hard cradle-board on which the head rests in infancv. According to Hrdlicka (Am. Anthrop., ii, 339, 1900) they ap- proach the I'ueblos physically nuich more closely than the Apache, notwithstanding their linguistic connection with the hitter. In general their faces are intelligent and ]ilc:i,^iim-. lliiLihc^; ( Dimii'liaii's I'^xyu'd.,. NAVAHO (cAYATANITa) The appearance of the Navaho strength- ens the traditional evidence of their very composite origin. It is impossible to de- scribe a prevailing type; they vary in size from stalwart men of 6 ft or more to some who are diminutive in stature. In fea- ture they vary from the strong faces with aquiline noses and prominent chins com- mon with the Dakota and other northern tribes to the subdued features of the 1846) says of them: "They are celebrated for intelligence and good order . . the noblest of American ; There is nothing somber or stoic in their charac- ter. Among themselves they are merry and jovial, much given to jest and banter. They are very , and the ])roud- est among them scorn no remunerative labor. They do nut bear ])ain with the fortitude displayed among the militant tribes of the N., nor do they inflict upon themselves equal tortures. They are, on the whole, a progressive people. The tribe is divided into a number of. Please note that these images are ext
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