Inter-mastoid arch, .
Inter-mastoid line, .
Occipito-frontal arch,
Horizontal periphery,
Internal capacity, .
Capacity of the anterior chamber,
Capacity of the posterior chamber,
Capacity of the coronal region,.
Facial angle, . . . .
15.3 inches.
4.7 inches.
14.2 inches.
20.9 inches.
91.5 cubic inches.
40. cubic inches.
51.5 cubic inches.
12.75 cubic inches.
82 degrees.
T H E P O T OW A T OM I E S .
“ The Potowatomies are for the most part well proportioned, about five feet
eight inches in height, possessed of much muscular strength in the arm, hut rather
weak in the hack, with a strong neck, and endowed with considerable agility.
Their voice is feeble and low, but excited, very shrill. Their teeth are sound
and clean, hut not remarkable for regularity. Their complexion is very much
darkened by exposure to the sun and wind, while those parts which are kept
covered are observed to retain their native brightness. Their sight is quick and
penetrating, but blindness is frequent from the intense application of the eye in
still hunting, and from exposure to the alternate, and in some cases, united action
of the sun and snow; doubtless also on account of the constant smoke in their
huts.”* The same intelligent traveller adds, what has. been already observed of
the Indians in general, that although their endurance of cold and hunger are very
extraordinary, they are absolute gluttons when freely supplied with food, and will
eat ten and twenty times in the day. The Potowatomies, though a brave nation,
are much more tractable in temper than some of the neighboring tribes; and
Charlevoix, after eulogising their fine exterior, declares that he received more
kindness from them, infidels as they were, than from the Christian Hurons.t
* Keating, Exped. I, p. 136. t
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Voy. a l’Amer. Let. XVII.