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Culture:
Quinnipiac includes: Eansketambawg
Mohican includes: Mahican, Muhhekunneuw
Language:English
Date:February 3, 1837
Contributor:Herrick, Edward Claudius, 1811-1862
Subject:Grave robbing | Human remains | Skulls | Phrenology | Anthropometry | Connecticut--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Regarding skull from Fort Hill, East Haven, Connecticut, tribe of the Quinnipiacks, a branch of the Mohekaneews or Mohicans. Hopes to get more. Those which a farmer has turned up probably those of an English settler; but to avoid over-generalizing, Morton must have more. Forwarded by Benjamin Silliman.
Collection:Samuel George Morton Papers (Mss.B.M843)