[43]. Dr. Franz Boas, whose accurate studies of the Indians of the Northwest coast are well known, informs me that he has rarely or never noted the oblique eye among them. Yet precisely on that coast we should look for it, if the Mongolian theory has any foundation. Dr. Ranke’s recent studies have proved the oblique eye to be merely an arrest of development.
[44]. Elements d’ Anthropologie, p. 1003.
[45]. When this paper appeared in Science (September 14th, 1888), it led to a reply from Dr. H. F. C. Ten Kate, of Leyden, who had published various studies endeavoring to prove the Mongoloid character of the American race. His arguments, however, were merely a repetition of those which I believe I have refuted in the above article, and for that reason I do not include the discussion.
[46]. The North Americans of Antiquity, p. 106, (1880.)
[47]. The Mound-Builders, chap. xii, (Cinn., 1879.)
[48]. Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America, pp. 388, 347, (Chicago, 1873.)
[49]. Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington, D. C., p. 116, (1881.)
[50]. History of the Five Nations, Introduction, p. 16 (London, 1750).
[51]. Meurs des Sauvages Américains comparés aux Meurs du Premiers Temps, chap. xiii.
[52]. Journal Historique, p. 377.