Of the bones unburnt some were
of large size. There are before us two skulls, one from the grand
mound, the other from the Red River mound opened by the Society in
1879. The following are the measurements of the two skulls which I
have made carefully; and alongside the average measurements of the
Brachycephalic type given by Dr. Daniel Wilson, as well as of the
Dolichocephalic:
AVERAGE RAINY RED AVERAGE
DOLICHO- RIVER RIVER BRACHY-
CEPHALIC. SKULL. SKULL. CEPHALIC.
Longitudinal diameter 7.24 7.3 in 6.7 6.62
Parietal diameter 5.47 5.8 5.5 5.45
Vertical " 5.42 6.2 5.8 5.30
Frontal " 4.36 4.2 3.7 4.24
Intermastoid Arch 14.67 15.3 15.6 14.63
Intermastoid line 4.23 5.8 4.3 4.25
Occipito frontal Arch 14.62 17.0 13.8 13.85
Horizontal circumference 20.29 22.3 19.6 19.44
From this it will be seen that the Red River mound skulls agree with
the Toltecan Brachycephalic type; and the Rainy River skull while not
so distinctly Brachycephalic yet is considerably above the average of
the Dolichocephalic type.
2. _Wood_.
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