Temné Group. A group of Sudanese Negro tribes, inhabiting the Sierra Leone district of West Africa, including the Temnés or Timnis, Kissis, Sherbros, Gallinas, Bulloms, Solimas, Limbas, and Mendis.
Tepeguanas. See [OPATA-PIMA].
Teutons. An important stock of the Aryan family, inhabiting England and the Scottish Lowlands, with the United States and British Empire, Germany, Holland, and parts of Austria and Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The Teutonic races are divided into Low German and High German divisions, to which some add, but others do not, Scandinavians.
Thlinkits. A race of North American Indians inhabiting the Pacific coast from Mount St. Elias to the Simpson River, and the adjacent islands. They live chiefly by fishing and hunting.
Thos. An Indo-Chinese race of Lao descent [see [SHANS]], in the north of Tongking.
Thracians. The ancient inhabitants of Thrace, on the west of the Black Sea. Their origin is dubious, but they are generally assumed to have belonged to the Aryan family, and been related to the Teutons and the Greeks. They were wild hill tribes, who acquired in later days a certain amount of Roman culture and spoke the Latin language. There is some probability that they were the ancestors of the [Vlachs or Roumanians] (q.v.).
Thuringians. A High German tribe inhabiting Thuringia in the fifth century, probably a branch of the [Suevi] (q.v.). Now merged into the modern Saxons.
Tibetans, or Bod-Pa. Natives of Tibet, forming the Tibetan stock of the Southern Mongolic family, and allied to the minor races of [Lepchas], [Baltis], [Ladakhis], etc. (q.v.). The Tibetans are akin to the Burmese, with Mongolic features, broad-shouldered and muscular. They are a secluded and archaic race, with many curious customs, such as polyandry. Their religion is full of elaborate ceremonials, and the land abounds in monasteries.
Tibbus. A race inhabiting the oases of the Sahara, intermediate between Berbers and Negroes; perhaps descended from the ancient [Garamantes] (q.v.).
Timnis. See [TEMNÉ GROUP].