states. Measures were accordingly taken for their subjugation, which was effected
in 1779, and the few subsequent years. The remains of this once powerful confederacy
are yet seen scattered through the state of New York, subdued in spirit,
and debased by their fondness for intoxicating drinks. Some remnants of tribes,
however, have assumed agricultural habits, and do comparatively well; but the
Iroquois are rapidly diminishing in number, and will soon be known only in
history.
PLATE XXXY.
CAYUGA.
The skull of a Cayuga chief which I received from Dr. Pitcher, U. S. A., with
the following note: “ This man was one of the original emigrants, with his tribe,
from the state of New York to Ohio, and lastly to Arkansas, where he died at the
age of nearly one hundred years, A.D. 1834. His name was Wan-yun-ta; and
he was also long known to the government of New York, in their treaties with
the Iroquois, by the name of the Tall Chief. He was a good speaker, and a firm,
shrewd, sensible man, whose merit alone raised him from a plebeian origin to be
chief of his tribe.”
MEASUREMENTS.
Longitudinal diameter,
Parietal diameter, . . . .
Frontal diameter** . . . .
Vertical diameter, .
Inter-mastoid arch, . . . .
Inter-mastoid line, . . . .
7.8 inches.
5.1 inches.
4.2 inches.
5.4 inches.
14.2 inches.
4.5 inches.