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SAVAGE AND CIVILIZED STATES. 101
"Present Mr George Combe, Mr Horace Mann,
Rev. Mr Bownson, and Drs Ingalls, Stedman, and
Howe.
" The Sandwich Islander's name was Henry Nye.
He was born in Maouvi. At eight years of age, he left
his native island in a foreign ship. He passed his
life as a sailor. He spoke a little English. He was
a good looking man, and a favourable specimen of his
tribe. He died a few days since in the Chelsea Hospital.
Age twenty-four years. His brain, denuded
of the membranes, weighed exactly 3 lb. troy weight.
" The North American Indian's name was Daniel
Freeman, born in Colchester county; his parents
were of the Gay Head tribe. He lived principally
among the whites; served on shipboard; and could
read a little. He was a well-made man, and his organization
superior to that of the generality of his
tribe. He died in this hospital. Aged twenty-nine.
His brain weighed 2 lb. 124 oz.
" Both brains shewed a proportionately large development
in the animal region: (Nye's the largest.)
" The organs of the moral sentiments were clearly
the largest in Nye's brain: the anterior lobe was also
longest, but they were of equal height.
" Nye's skull was higher and broader in the. coronal
region; it resembled more closely the Caucasian skull.
The brain presented a corresponding development.
" Mr Combe pointed out the greater development
of the region of Cautiousness in Nye's skull; and on
examining the corresponding convolutions of the
brain, they appeared decidedly fuller than those in
the brain of Freeman.
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/141/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.