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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
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Title | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Title of work | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Short title | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Author | Dewey, Freeman Dana |
Description | In his 1887 work, Freeman Dana Dewey describes how Waupaca became the county seat of Waupaca County, the Indians who lived in the area, the early days of European settlement, and the first schools in Waupaca. |
Publisher (Original) | Rep. Print |
Publication Date (Original) | 1887 |
Language | English |
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Publication Date-Electronic | 2008 |
Identifier-Digital | Waup1887000 |
State | Wisconsin; |
County | Waupaca County; |
Decade | 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; |
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Title | 74 |
Page Number | 74 |
Title of work | Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin |
Author | Dewey, Freeman Dana |
Publication Date (Original) | 1887 |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Full Text | 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 |
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