The size of the skull of the Eastern Indian, as expressed by the
cranial module, shows again a grouping of much interest, though here
more than in other series, owing to the small number of specimens,
the position of some of the tribes can not be regarded as definitely
fixed. The Munsee, as well as other Lenape skulls, stand with those of
Rhode Island at the lower end of the scale, showing the smallest heads,
although the Indians of these localities were not tribes of smaller
stature than most of the other Eastern Indians. The more northerly
Algonquians (with the exception of those of Rhode Island) and the
Iroquois, occupy a median position. In the Virginia tribes the size of
the skull ranges from medium to slightly above in the more easterly,
but slightly below medium in the more westerly tribes. The crania from
Manhattan, Long Island, and Staten Island are again grouped and occupy
the highest position in the series, showing the largest heads; but
they were also among the tallest, if not the tallest, of the Eastern
Indians.