Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin

              74 THE   INDIAN   CHILD.
Mr. Cooley's, he a.^ked what it was, I \o\d him a -'watch ;" he   J^aitl  he knew a man once who had a dog by  Unit  name.
Dr. James La Dow called —Reside at Oshkosh ;   my  prtifession,   ff)r the last fourteen years has been practicing medicine.    I   have  exam- inetl the boy in court—have examined the scars upon   the  child,   ami my opinion is, they were not made by small-pox; many things might !iavecansetl the scars; I liav'c txaminetl  'he  scars  about  the   mouth, and never saw au instance of .«»ucli marks causetl liy  small pox—think they are noitraused by that, because poc-niarks are usually in groups, when but few exist—these f)n the boy are iif)t so. I think I am   sufiici- enlly acquainted with my profession It) judge between the   physiolog¬ ical devoUipments of the Indian and white race.    The  difference   be¬ tween iia» ions is shown by natif)nal characlerlslics  t,( brain antl   fea- lure.    Cy dentition we cannot form an exact opinion ot the  age  f)f a child—have examined this child's denlition ; it is   my  opinion   he   is .^cven years old—tlie bi-cuspids have been shed, but 1 dont know  litiw long—the child may be less tl.an seven.  f)r   more   than  eight.    This morning I found a scur about half way belwecn the heel and   toe, t/U the instep—scars  on  children   frequently  go  down,   Ihat   is  change places as the chiltl grows older.    In the e*xaminaltf)n, two girls of Mr. Parlrid.jje, the boy in dispute, and Ihc child  Nahkom   carries   in   her arms, were brou,shl   toi^ether -I  designed   to ascertain   if the  child understood English, and said If) hiin, "bub, whereabouts is the scar on your leg;'* he immediately put  his finger on the sptit aftlictetl.    It  is common lo observe a lesemblanec  between  the  Itie and  finger  nails f>t parent and child, and members of the   same   family—there  was  a striking resemblance between thfise of the older  girl   and   the   boy— none between Ihe boy's and Nalikom's child; I saw a parlal   analogy in the temperament of the boy antl girl—mueii   less  between  the   boy and Nalikom's child.    I do not believe the child a lull-blootled Indian. Crf)ss Examined —It is my opinion that the scars  were  caused   by external injuries, or might have b«»en from internal   irruptitins,  grow¬ ing out of extreme   injuries--applications  of caustics,  or   the   like, bf)und on, might produce such scars—a deep burn, extensive f)ver the surface, would p.-oduce a shrivelling of the skin.    Ou one  sitle  of the breast-bone, the chest is much  higher  than  on   the  f)ther—it  might have been cau.^cd by an injury, orby iiercdifary descent—had   it been