The exact provenience of the six men measured at Marshall is uncertain,
but they seemingly were all from the lower Yukon and all were
apparently full-blood Eskimo. But the measurements are rather peculiar.
They are given, for comparison, with those of the western Eskimo
in general (p. 165). They approach nearest to those of the Togiak
Eskimo, well down below the Kuskokwim. They show a higher stature
than all of their relations farther south, except the Togiaks, and
they have a rounder head. They are, in fact, moderate brachycephals,
a very unexpected form in this strain of people. The Togiaks also
are brachycephalic. The vault is relatively somewhat higher than it
is in the other groups, though the height is not excessive. The nose
is slightly lower as well as narrower than it is in all the other
contingents. The face is close to those of St. Lawrence Island. The
ear is perceptibly smaller and especially narrower than elsewhere, but
perhaps the age factor enters into the case. The hand is much like that
of Togiak and St. Lawrence, the index being identical.
The brachycephaly of the group for the present is hard to explain. It
can not be ascribed to a mixture with the river Indians, for these, as
has been seen from the skulls, were meso- rather than brachycephalic.
There is need here for further inquiry.