, 1869-12-16
1ee n1ound-Huildor and tho Indian.

Tho interest msultested in the Character Of sne
Nquna Bui,dsss' akuts, recently dlhnterrpd In the
regtna q tbs Despiaines<Hiver, hsa induced ns 70
pxocn1e su15n1 za6tf1c. o2 Colonel Foatet'A oom.
mnntcatlcn - tho Academy Of sclepceR, On Tues
dsT evening, than wns given IN the report ot toa
regular proceetnRs.
Or tAs cAa+uts4r a5 Csstaia CfanSa, from kA<
kstsnds u. In rsc*sAg v chtnayo, By !, Y. FS*-
In, IL, D.
Celanal Fostet proceeded TO stats that tte csa-
niA which he Vaa about 70 descl1ee uere gathered
Hom two xfoarz OF noan3s, nhout are mics Apart
III the bespiatnes Rtsts, IN ue vicinity Of Chtca-
80, the topography Of which xaa particularly
described at the 1sat rneeung Of tho Aeaasmy. Tne
2ku!A helonE 70 two eral: J. the insTossro uurslt
Of Indians and haI-beeedk, which have 4 cont-
pszaEtTeay ncceaE origin; Z. Tnose Of tho un-
doubled Mound -Baloor, witch nsvo N antiquity
Of many centurte+ The skulls belonging 10 the
latter class hare certain peeuu.rities vhleh can
hardly fall to attract the sttentlan Of sn1 anthzp-
paIoFst-
The best preserved skpll Of the latter c3a.s was
aatasnet Erem the stlmpsou Mound, md II hat been
SO long hurled that the KeIattnonA mattar has beca
alsaol' "a out, Go tnxt the bouy matter
adherea TO the tongue When 8asu1asea with
Eohute, 1t presented Boyt, apaug5 uaa1s whsch,
u dz3ioZ, ~a2 tacantd 70 Warp cut q proportion.
This Aknll, - determined py tho neasuro1ents os
DE. Fridge, 4 Il. Is inches IN ci1cumteseuce; Ia3
Arunnd the longitudinal arc; IS IN rertical height
ahove the gtabeo-occpItsl llne; 7e IN ia e1trame
lopstt1diaal Res1urtnent; sud hz6 to ttt exerewe
tranhVersa Measurement. IL genera outline Is
dolchoceph21ic: but the charactet1suca which
strife the eosesFeE Ia comparing Ii wisa 10 Euro
pean atnlt are these:
The 1a1ge Development Of the superrtlesy
rtdsess tho greatly depressed forehead; the not
merely dattsaed occap1t 6ur The onlique une
waicn II for1ns upward, walsa It occupies tho e1-
t.ena poatertor part o. the head
T1ea3 pecullAttes E1Fe prominence to the
Seftex which DO not 10 fact eItst, tn no teuaxtA-
bic degree, bot, Ia fact, u Dc fcieuI when COLI.
pared with the contour OF the European alun.
Three iroutsl bones were also exhibited frou
fhfs group OF hounds, which were chstsctersxed
~ remarkably prominent supra, ornl,al ridges,
Aad feo1zfaably svtre4tiog fortaead& From one
OF shsse particularly, NON the immense thickness
a The bous cale, 1t Ess inferred that Inc ,ndI
vtd1at ncAt hare been tetocious brute.
The frontal boEe from another mound indicated
Al atesnAJona tfp1l l-pethsps A1pong the n1pas
anoGa'oos eyes dtscorcrea.- alross ent1e
shsenee o1 forehead. the region Of the giabelia
rsatt { tatu Edge, the osbitaf cavities rtnned
stth rnsrp edges, and The nAea1 boues Projecting
tte ena bezt o1 b,rd or that Of = gas.plkc. 0aa
sfull e'tdspaJ belonged to yoang individual. n
II t2a 10 AlnkHt pa&te-6onfd thtunca4L Another
:nsnensat5 skull WE retested 70 a. exhibiting,
70 far u Il could be compared, the ssns pecaias1
tee,
Colonel F. then proceeded to compare tssse
sks0s With those OF she North American Indian
IN them we recognize certain typical form, All
tho way ftom tat Gut q Asx1eo 70 HndsonA
Lay. Thus VIC have the compressed ooetpn. aAd
fosehEad. the rtouanau& vertex, the great Inter-
patsetaa diameter. the r1upded form Of tho pra,a
case, tic qaadrAnKul&t o6btts, The u1azs1ye max.
/ gjft mt 1sttA fhf3fkn
IN tact, u bfseA1cepnalo lshoz headed, q 7zthes
.ound hsadedh Ehile that Of tho European u
ktmbecephalic {o1 elongated, boAtshApedA aud
| that ot the Mound >Ballder Ia tpterr1edlate-
the htatn may ba tex1tded 81 the seA1 OF the
mental activity: and, without eudoss1nx pnrtno.-
cRys ohstzsss3oa tessl1sx u "a 1s&1utag psrticu-
I aze faca,ueA a particular partx. Thns We ptsce
| tht psvpeasitses, which Aak Ut x1th th1 btuta IN
The middle kdpe; xrd thos's tnat appe1tAiu to III
soceal s6ecttoax, n the Poste.tor looe Ene Ame1t
car &nd Eutopes1 bsstr ~ pointed ont hJ GeotEt
Comhe, dtnef essentially. IN the former the hute
nor 1ooe u n11 the middle inae II large md III
central eanyn.attous On the anterior lobe And up
PEI eattsee ere su1xn. HhlN the European osatn
orDg 70 tne great Development nf the aatersoi
md postertor 1ooes, IL oral IN oat1ine, saa 1uniau
u equate, With tha oosness founded od, Tnuk
1 then, the 1usu Of tho bSxtn-c&tA u determined B.,
tbc btttu. Obe Mound builder had tssa vpinrae ud
pssln shxo shs 1ndlan, but tns latter s1eas1y sur
pissed hin Ia ttose ft&1nus Ehtch may bd yup
ro6eo TO be nae ysat q shs mere Gus,l pasataua
In this fespec8 hey approach the Peruvian hknlla
which Morton maintained h4d 10 greater brain cs
| paclty- than the 1ottento4 W NEW uoThodet
Ha~ + 1t, then. thas thsse people wsrs tnaAlra Z
construct such ttnpeodduf work. and deyeao1
I such . considerable civilization, while The Indian
with far greater bI&tn poEts, has fralsted III Ut
{ teDpt2 10 eftTate his condition: The hasuef "a
ihAt the hfcks. passions 70 lar casNeaxh The soea
sid tusellectual flcntues ~ 70 ruAke hun untavn
1 .zante.
Were these people N antoc,ho1ous tsee,-L T.
originating out Of the soil t-o7 we're shesa ptcn
uatstlea the reault Of N ssstncdal conaprrs.soa:
De. Lamb IN his exploration OF the Brazilian
caves, forrd fnte1natngfed VITA the remains of e1
| rsnet kninalk, human csanla charAese11zed BY
great depres$loa ot tho forehead, Appointing d
rnoat ID IL entire thstcce, the froasal boae II
treating backward stnmedissety Abeye the fupel
etAar3 arsa. These pecutta1ittes are dsplcsed q
the ancient Honumensa OF Mexlco- Tals Anomaly
which Is genetslly atttaussd 10 N ar,ite2l dtsNa
urat1on Of the head, b argues VILE congtntta1 [
= Esre originally tnhaslung this continent
Aisesn and Tschrdl, who Investigated u
Arcatus uoauEeau Il Per1r while .ues Admit II
! k1une3Al ais1n1tgrenss Of taa tf1l aInoag u
lness, clslro toat It owes- tts origin to u
, rs.ae txtasrnce OF m sntoctaonous race hAVsu
tits pecnh1rtty, AMI taatis Is sometimes seea
The totns pf Egyptian mumn1eA
: Nortou stAse1 mat, tn skulls s1stnctallT con
rrraaed, tic courss Of every bandAge y marked
\ Acorze4pondtnz cavity Of the hooy sunetatr.
= In tn1s pFooess tho volume Of the aran u nj
dtuttnhed, but b Developed ID Tue pazts Thes
( The pressure u not appsteA Hence then ID {,
Q 3&ntnltG che head Of Flatheadt or cnenook. u
nnd that there i tsrneadous Development I
the poNezaor region, and thai the oec1phAl pr'
&oheEsnce II often tsought on line With II
bake of tho kn1t-pecnltsr4tiea which We fail
1 [ notice In thxt OF The Nouhd. d.Ruldet.
Il A AconpAdson wsa thea tasafutea between u
sipu irom tn Despltfuea and tho fAucrs Ness
Ihsl ann tnkar Dpssadorss, xa1posed 70 aayn b
lpnxed 10 tae primsE11 anAn. md which Huxts
4 n-o,.e+ re<A Yha yund& &rA IKE that he tAd ~