62Exhibit K 2—2A.
i.e., the type of nose. The Red Indian and European type of nose
are easily distinguishable. In the Red Indian the nose is prominent
and its frontal profile is formed by two lines which diverge from
the bridge towards the base. The latter is, in consequence, very
broad. The form of nose is sometimes known as the busque or
curved type, since its lateral profile is in outline markedly aquiline.
But examination of a series of photographs of Red Indians shows
some variation in the lateral profile, since some are decidedly con
cave. But the broadness at the base is apparently never diminished;
it is always marked and unmistakable. The well-pronounced Indian
nose can always be easily distinguished from the European nose by
persons who have had a long acquaintance with both races. But
cases do occur where even an experienced observer would feel some
doubt in expressing an opinion as to which type a given nose
belonged. Such cases are, however, not common.
K 2 a From the pedigrees of families derived from a mixed racial
parentage in my possession, I select two for exhibition at this
Congress. The first is that known as “ Family 5 ” in my list. In
this case a Scotchman (Generation A, S) married a full-blood
Indian woman. They had a son and daughter (Generation B, 2
and 3). The half-breed son had the Indian type of nose. The
daughter had a small and well-shaped European nose.
The son married a full-blood Indian woman (Generation B, 1)
and had four children. Two of these were infants at the time my
informant knew them, and though they were described as being
generally of the Indian type, they were too young to give any reliable
details concerning the form of the nose. The two elder children
(Generation C, 1 and 2) were a daughter and a son, and both had
the Indian type of nose.
The half-breed daughter (Generation B, 4) married twice. Her
first husband was a half-breed Indian (B 3). He was not seen by
my informant. They had a son and a daughter (Generation C, 5
and 6). The former was Indian in type of nose as well as in other
facial characters. The daughter, though she had very decided
Indian cheek bones, had the European type of nose. She is of
further interest, inasmuch as while her eye-colour was European
the shape of her eyes was characteristically Indian.
The second husband of the half-breed daughter was a Welsh
man (Generation B, W). By him she had seven children. The last
was a baby at the time my informant saw it, and we may leave it out
of account. The penultimate child was a son (Generation C, 12),
and his nose was sunken, and my informant found it difficult to say
whether it was European or Indian in type. I rather suspect from
an inspection of some photographs of Indians which I have seen
