This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...those of the other tribes of the coast shows very few points of resemblance. Physical peculiarities and dress. Build and ap-Physically, the various tribes of the north-west coast differ to some pearsmceoftheextent) eo tnat a practised eye may distinguish between them, but the differences are slight as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...those of the other tribes of the coast shows very few points of resemblance. Physical peculiarities and dress. Build and ap-Physically, the various tribes of the north-west coast differ to some pearsmceoftheextent) eo tnat a practised eye may distinguish between them, but the differences are slight as compared with those obtaining between the coast tribes generally, and those of the interior of British Columbia. The Haidas are, however, markedly fairer skinned than most of the On the orthography of Indian words see note in connection with the Haida vocabulary. coast tribes, and possess somewhat finer features. In the coarseness of the mouth, width and prominence of the cheek bones, and somewhat disproportionately large size of the head as compared with the body, the main departures from ideal symmetry are to be found. The body is also not infrequently long and large as compared with the logs, a circumstance doubtless brought about by the constant occupation of these people in canoes and the infrequency of their land excursions. The hair is black and coarse, and only in the case of ' medicine men' have I observed it to be allowed to grow long in the male sex. A. scanty moustache and beard sometimes clothe the upper lip and chin, generally in the caso of old people who have given up the habit of eradicating the hair as it grows. In some instances, and these more numerous than in the other coast tribes, both men and women of prepossessing appearance, and with features of considerable regularity as measured by European standards, occur. The average physiognomy of the Haida shows more evidence of intelligence and quickness than that of most of the coast tribes, an appearance not belied on more careful investigation. I have not been able to...
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