of John Waring. I have sought in vain for any particulars of his history, nor
indeed is there any thing remarkable in the conformation of the skull. It only
remains, therefore, to add the
MEASUREMENTS.
Longitudinal d iam e te r ,...................................... 7.2 inches.
Parietal diameter, . . . . . 5.3 inches.
Frontal d iam e te r ,................................................ 4.3 inches.
Vertical diameter, . 5.3 inches.
Inter-mastoid a rc h ,................................................ 14.1 inches.
Inter-mastoid line, . . . • . . 4.5 inches.
Occipito-frontal arch, . . . . . 14.7 inches.
Horizontal p e r i p h e r y , ....................................... 19.1 inches.
Internal capacity, . . . . . . 82. cubic inches.
Capacity of the anterior chamber, 35. cubic inches.
Capacity of the posterior chamber, . 47. cubic inches.
Capacity of the coronal region,. . . . 12.25 cubic inches.
Facial angle, . . . . . . . 77 degrees.
The preceding skull belongs to the Phrenological Society of this city, and I
have been allowed the use of it on this occasion by my friend Dr. John Bell. I
have in my collection four Cherokee heads for which I am indebted to the zeal
and kindness of Dr. J. Martin, of the United States Army. On comparing these
with the one belonging to the Phrenological Society, I find them all small, the
largest not equalling the average of European skulls, and the mean of the series
giving but seventy-nine cubic inches of internal capacity, while the mean of the
facial angle is seventy-six degrees.
T H E U C H E E S .
The Uchees, though now incorporated in the Creek confederacy, were
primitively a distinct nation, and spoke a different language. They were originally
established east of the Coosa river, and they consider themselves the most ancient
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