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PLATE XXVI.
MUSKOGEE, OR CREEK.
This plate is taken from the skull of Athlaha Ficksa, a full-blood chief of the
Creek nation. He fought with great bravery in the United States service, and
against the majority of his own countrymen in the present Florida war. He died
at Mobile, in 1837, whence I received his cranium through the kindness of Dr.
Henry S. Rennolds, of the United States Navy. The broad hut low forehead, and
the width between the parietal bones, are highly characteristic in this head: a
front view is given of it, in order to convey an accurate idea of the osteology of the
Indian face. Thus we see the large and projecting cheek bones, an arched and
prominent bridge of the nose, powerfully developed jaws and remarkably perfect
teeth. The distance between the eyes is even greater than is usual, yet the orbits
themselves are not large in proportion. The following are the measurements of
this remarkably fine head.
MEAS UREMENTS.
Longitudinal diameter, . . 7. inches.
Parietal diameter, . . . . 5.7 inches.
Frontal diameter, . 4.6 inches.
Vertical diameter, . . . . 5.3 inches.
Inter-mastoid arch, . . . . 15.3 inches.
Inter-mastoid line, . . . . 4.5 inches.
Occipito-frontal arch, 14.4 inches.
Horizontal periphery, 20.8 inches.
Internal capacity, . 94.75 cubic inches.
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