Note 4 — Chapter I
Reading edition
Much has been written of the perfection of Black Hawk’s head; so much that it may not be inappropriate to refer to an article to be found in the American Phrenological Journal for November, 1838, Vol. I, No. 2, page 51 et seq. On page 60: “We are much pleased with the following extract from the pen of the editor of the U.S. Literary Gazette, Philadelphia: ‘We found time yesterday to visit Black Hawk and the Indian chiefs at the Congress Hall Hotel. We went into their chamber, and found most of them sitting or lying on their beds. Black Hawk was sitting on a chair and apparently depressed in spirits. He is about sixty-five, of middling size, with a head that would excite the envy of a phrenologist–one of the finest that Heaven ever let fall on the shoulders of an Indian.’
1. Amativeness, large. 20. Constructiveness, small.
2. Philoprogenitiveness, large. 21. Ideality, moderate.
3. Adhesiveness, large. 22. Imitation, small.
4. Inhabitiveness, large. 23. Mirthfulness, full.
5. Concentrativeness, large. 24. Individuality, very large.
6. Combativeness, very large. 25. Form, very large.
7. Destructiveness, very large. 26. Size, very large.
8. Alimentativeness, average. 27. Weight, large.
9. Acquisitiveness, large. 28. Color, large.
10. Secretiveness, very large. 29. Order, large.
11. Cautiousness, full. 30. Calculation, large.
12. Approbativeness, very large. 31. Locality, very large.
13. Self-esteem, very large. 32. Eventuality, very large.
14. Firmness, very large. 33. Time, uncertain.
15. Conscientiousness, moderate. 34. Tune, uncertain.
16. Hope, small. 35. Language, large.
17. Marvelousness, large. 36. Comparison, large.
18. Veneration, very large. 37. Causality, average.
19. Benevolence, moderate.
Measurements from his bust:
Circumference of the head, around philoprogenitiveness, secretiveness and eventuality 23 inches
From ear to ear, over firmness 14 6·8 ”
” ” veneration 14 6·8 ”
From the meatus auditoris to firmness 6½ ”
” ” veneration 6⅓ ”
” ” benevolence 6⅛ ”
” ” comparison 6⅛ ”
” ” individuality 5½ ”
” ” philoprogenitiveness 5⅛ ”
” ” self-esteem 6⅝ ”
From destructiveness to destructiveness 6⅝ ”
From secretiveness to secretiveness 6⅝ ”
From combativeness to combativeness 5⅝ ”
From cautiousness to cautiousness 5⅞ ”
From ideality to ideality 5 ”
“These measurements are taken with callipers, from the bust of Black Hawk, which was taken in plaster of Paris from the living head and face, by the Messrs. Fowler, in 1837, at New York. As his head was mostly shaved, they are probably as perfect and accurate, by making allowance of about half an inch for integuments, as though measured directly on the skull itself.”