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Show u INDIANS ALL OF SAME RACE Differences In Type No Greater Than Among the Whites, According to 8clentltt Tho American aborigines from the Hudson bay and Alaska to tho south-ern south-ern tip of tho continent aro all members mem-bers of tho samo race, .according to Dr. Frederick Monscn of Now Xork and Pasadena, said to bo mora familiar fa-miliar with the American Indian than any other whlto man. Doctor Monscu declared tho differ-ences differ-ences In typo found In Indians of the various parts of tho continent nro bosoming bo-soming manifest among us today. He recognizes peoplo from Maine as typl-cal typl-cal of that section of tho country, and snys n southerner or westerner can bo easily distinguished by ono familiar with tho types of American people. "Tho aborigines of America nro all red men," Doctor Monscn snld. "The Eskimos hnvo flatter noses and oily skins, duo to their diet and tho climate." cli-mate." Ho found corresponding differences among tho Indians of tho Eastern const, the West, Mexico and other parts of tho country, but othor Indications Indica-tions provo Uio distinguishing characteristics char-acteristics were tho product of food, environment nnd methods of living. Mentioning tho treatment tho red men havo received from tho whites, Doctor Monsen said: "Tho Pilgrims debarked on Plymouth rock and fell upon their knees. Then thoy fell upon tho nborlglncs and wo've been fnlllng on them over since." |