mountaineers

mountaineer Beside the Esquimaux, who are generally a diminutive race, and of peaceful habits, there is another tribe who inhabit the more northerly portions of the continent, and are often at war with the Esquimaux. They are called the mountaineers, or northern Indians. The northern Indians are rat...

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Summary:mountaineer Beside the Esquimaux, who are generally a diminutive race, and of peaceful habits, there is another tribe who inhabit the more northerly portions of the continent, and are often at war with the Esquimaux. They are called the mountaineers, or northern Indians. The northern Indians are rather above the middle stature, and well proportioned. Their foreheads are low, eyes small, noses aquiline, high cheek bones, their cheeks fleshy, and chins long and broad. Their complexion is of brown, inclining to a dingy copper color. . . .128:Among these Indians a plurality of wives is common. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DEC 15 1969 W. J. KIRWIN JH 12/69 Used I and Sup Used I Not used