| Western Eskimo | Southwestern and Mexican Indians | Sioux | Old American whites | 12 other groups of whites | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Hand index | 49.5 | 47.5 | 45.9 | 44.8 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 45.4 | 47.6-50.3 | ||
| 72 Sioux males: 11.40. | ||||||||||
The foot.—The foot of the western Eskimo, like his hand, is both absolutely and relatively to stature rather short, but it is broad, giving a high breadth-length index. Its actual breadth perceptibly exceeds that of the much taller old American whites, though not reaching that of any of the immigrant laborers.
Contrary to what was seen in the case of the hand, the relative proportions of the Eskimo foot, as expressed by the index, are almost identical with those of the southwestern and Mexican Indians. The Sioux foot is relatively longer, and so is that of whites except southern Italians, who, though their foot as a whole is larger, give the same index as the Eskimo.
| Western Eskimo | 16 tribes of southwestern and Mexican Indians | Old Americans | 12 groups of immigrant whites | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | |
| Left foot: | |||||||
| Length | 24.23 | 22.13 | 25.42 | 23.30 | 26.12 | 23.33 | |
| Breadth | 9.72 | 8.70 | 10.15 | 9.07 | 9.49 | 8.36 | |
| Percentage relation foot length-stature | 14.94 | 14.51 | 15.19 | 15.08 | 14.97 | 14.42 | 15.36-15.73 |
| Western Eskimo | Southwestern and Mexican Indians | Sioux | Old American whites | 12 other groups of whites | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Foot index | 40.1 | 39.3 | 39.9 | 38.9 | 37.1 | 36.3 | 35.8 | 37.9-40.1 | ||
| 72 Sioux males: 15.40. | ||||||||||
Girth of the calf.—The western Eskimo, like the American Indians, are characterized by a rather slender calf. The size of the calf correlates in a large measure with stature. Reducing our measurements to calf girth-stature ratios, these are seen to be much alike in the three racial groups used for comparison, namely the Eskimo, the Indian, and the old American white. But this is deceptive. The correlation of size of calf with stature is not uniform (see "Old Americans," p. 348) for all stature groups; as the scale in stature descends the calf is relatively stouter. If we take white Americans of approximately the same stature with the Eskimo here considered, there appears a higher ratio, showing that stature for stature the girth of the calf of the Eskimo is smaller, notwithstanding his generally more ample supply of adipose tissue. Once more his relation is closer with the Indian. The Eskimo and the Indian women are especially much alike, while the white women make a marked exception—their calfs (as well as thighs) have more fat than is found in those of their Eskimo and Indian sisters.
| Western Eskimo | Southwestern and Mexican Indians (16 tribes) | Old white Americans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Maximum girth of left calf | 33.6 | 31.4 | 34.1 | 32 | 36.1 | 35.5 |
| Percentage relation to stature | 20.7 | 20.6 | 20.52 | 20.54 | 20.3 | 21.95 |
| Percentage relation to stature in those approaching the Eskimo stature | 21.6 | 22.3 | ||||
| Females v. males (M=100) | 93.5 | 93.9 | 98.3 | |||
FOOTNOTES:
[128] For comparative data on these and other proportions see writer's Old Americans, Baltimore, 1925; also Topinard's and Martin's textbooks.