282 NOTES TO BOOK III. warlike trjbe of Indians; but, from their features and stature, certainly of the same race, and not allied to the Esqui¬ maux, as some writers have asserted. If we are justified in concluding that any of the American tribes are of the Northmen, or European origin, we can only by compa¬ rison consider the Esquimaux as such : their stature, habits, and features being not only different from the aborigines of , but closely resembling those of the Greenlanders, who are believed to be of European descent.