New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . He was the sonof a Brahmin of Deccan, and was born in 1824 or 1825. When a littlemore than a year old he was brought to Bittoor, where he was soon aftciadopted by Bagee Row, the chief of the Mahrattas. On the death ofBagee without natural heirs, the East India Company refused to acknowl-edge the right of his adopted child to his principal estate which had beerconditionally bestowed on the former by the company. The Nena sent aqagent to England to advoc
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . He was the sonof a Brahmin of Deccan, and was born in 1824 or 1825. When a littlemore than a year old he was brought to Bittoor, where he was soon aftciadopted by Bagee Row, the chief of the Mahrattas. On the death ofBagee without natural heirs, the East India Company refused to acknowl-edge the right of his adopted child to his principal estate which had beerconditionally bestowed on the former by the company. The Nena sent aqagent to England to advocate his claims, but without success. This wionghe never forgave. He had still much wealth and influence, and when theinsurrection broke out, was ready to devote both to the cause of the rebels,and to put himself at their head. Of his terrible cruelties perpetratedduring the war which followed, everybody has heard. 452 NATIONAL TYPES most prominent and powerful of their tribes by way of ill^^tration of our more general remarks. The Sioux proper, who call themselves Dakota and some-times the Seven-Fires, are divided into seven tribes. They. Fig. 56\—King of Oude.* occupy extensive tracts on the Upper Mississippi, and on River, Minnesota ; and some extending as far to thewestward as the Missouri. The four most eastern tribesof the Dakotas are called Gens du Lac, and People ofthe Leaves. The first of these cultivate the land in a coun- ^ Tliis portrait came to us with only the tide of its subject ; but we inferfrom the agreement of the character it indicates with that recorded ofWajid Ali, the last king of Oude, that he is the person represented. Ofthis prince it is said : He was more profliirate and imbecile than almostany of his predecessors, which is saying a great deal. He was deposedby the English in 1856. THE SIOUX INDIANS. 453 try eastwar-d of the Mississippi, extending from Prairie du Cliieii to the Spirit Lake,a tract extending throughthree degrees of north lat
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