Internal capacity, . .
Capacity of the anterior chamber,
Capacity of the posterior chamber, .
Capacity of the coronal region,.
Facial angle, . . . .
92.5 cubic inches.
36. cubic inches.
56.5 cubic inches.
18.4 cubic inches.
74 degrees.
PLATE XXXVII.
HURON.
The Hurons call themselves Wyandots; and although of the same stock as
the Iroquois, the two nations were engaged in deadly and constant war with each
other, the Hurons espousing the French, the Iroquois the British interest. At
length, about the year 1650, the Hurons were nearly exterminated, and from that
time to the present have remained a feeble band. In all the striking traits of
Indian character, they were in no respect inferior to the other nations of this
stock. The annexed drawing was made from a skull obtained near Detroit by
the late Dr. Sturm, the German traveller, of whose executor I purchased it. The
only further information I can obtain respecting it, is the statement that it was
the head of a chief, who was slain in a broil with his son-in-law. It is a ponderous
cranium, and one of the most strongly marked in my collection.
Longitudinal diameter,
MEASUREMENTS.
7.2 inches.
Parietal diameter, . 5.3 inches.
Frontal diameter, 4.3 inches.
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