the Iroquois nation. From his account it appears that they
do not differ remarkably in person from the Algonquin race.
He says : “ The Hurons are tall, robust people, well-shaped,
and of a copper colour j they have short black hair, which is
shaved on the forehead from one ear to the other. The
Anies, another Iroquois tribe, speaking the Huron language,
are equally tall. The Hurons seem to have a longer, and the
Anies a rounder lace. The Anies have something cruel in
their looks. Both the Hurons and Anies are taller than the
Mickmacks. The latter speak a different language.” They
have already been mentioned as an Abenaqui tribe, and
are therefore of the Algonquin race. Kalin says: “ I have
not seen any Indians whose hair was so long and straight as
theirs. Almost all the Indians have black straight hair;
however, I have met a few whose hair was pretty much curie# .*
but the Indians of Canada have been somewhat intermixed
with the French/'
CHAPTER VI.
OP THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF THE SOUTHERN UNITE©
STATES. ' ■' i i
Section 1.-^ General Statement.
W e have seen that the northern and middle portions oft the
territory now belonging to the United. States to the eastward
of the Mississippi were-occupied by the different tribes of the
two great hostile races of the Algonquins and Iroquois..;-. The
southern boundary of these races is nearly marked out
rby a„Tine reaching from the mouth of the Ohio, eastward,
passing up the Cumberland River to its source, and thence
crossing almost straight to Cape Hatteras. To the southward
of this line the aboriginal tribes still existing belong Jo. several
races, while a much greater number of tribes have become
extinct, whose relations to each other and to the surviving
races cannot be ascertained. Mr. Gallatin has collected
much information respecting the extinct as well as the surviving
tribes, from which I shall abstract the following notices.
S ec t io n II.—Nations o f Carolina.—Remains o f the Cataw-
bas.—Notices o f the extinct Tribes.
The Catawbas are supposed to have been a people 'of
considerable extent in North Carolina. A small remnalit of
them still exists on each side of the Catawba or Santee River.
Their language is quite distinct from that of the Cherokees,
but has some affinities with the Muskhogee, and even with
the Choctah. It is probably that the Woccons and some