Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Physiognomy, Evolution, Race, Exploration

    Notes the observation made by 'several scientific observers' that 'the physiognomy of the American of the United States is beginning to exhibit a resemblance to that of the Red Indian', a development signified by the Confederate army's 'barbarous act' of sinking a stone fleet at Charleston Harbour (Fort Sumter). Anticipates that Thomas B Macaulay's 'New Zealander' would find New York inhabited by Americans who have descended to the America Indian 'level of humanity'.