. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. Both the cradle and band areornamented with the most brilliant colorswhich native art can furnish, and are em-broidered in various patterns with dyed por-cupine quills. Among the tribes which inhabit the banksof the Columbia River, and a considerabletract that lies contiguous to it, the cradle isput to a singular use. whi
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. Both the cradle and band areornamented with the most brilliant colorswhich native art can furnish, and are em-broidered in various patterns with dyed por-cupine quills. Among the tribes which inhabit the banksof the Columbia River, and a considerabletract that lies contiguous to it, the cradle isput to a singular use. which has earned forthe tribes the general title of the upper part of the cradle is fasteneda piece of board, which lies on the childs forehead. To the other end of the board arefastened two strings, which pass round thefoot or sides of the cradle. As soon as theinfant is laid on its back, the upper board isbrought over its forehead, and fastened downby the strings. Every day the pressure isincreased, until at last the head is so flat-tened that a straight line can be drawn fromthe crown of the head to the nose. One ofthese cradles with a child undergoing thisprocess of head flattening, is illustratedbelow. The mothers head is a type of itspermanent THE FLAT-HEADED WOMAN. This is perhaps the most extraordinary ofall the fashionable distortions of the humanbody, and the wasp waist of an Europeanbelle, the distorted leg of the female Carib,and even the cramped foot of the Chinesebeauty, appear insignificant when comparedwith the flattened head of a Chinnook orKlick-a-tack Indian. Mr. Catlin states thatthis custom was one far more extended thanis the case at present, and that even theChoctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Mississippiand Alabama were accustomed to flattentheir heads, their burial-places affording in-controvertible evidence that such musthave been the case, and at no very distantdate. The reader, especially if he dabble in phre-nology, might well imagin
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