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fully. These dresses are in general cleaned with white-mud, a sort of
marl, though some use red earth, a kind of bog-iron-ore; but this
colour neither looks so light, nor forms such an agreeable contrast as
the white with the black hair of the robe. Their quiver hangs behind
them, and in the hand is carried the bow, with an arrow always
ready for attack or defence, and sometimes they have a gun; they
also carry a bag containing materials for making a fire, some tobacco,
the calumet or pipe, and whatever valuables they possess. This bag
is neatly ornamented with porcupine quills. Thus equipped, the
Stone Indian bears himself with an air of perfect independence.
The only articles of European commerce they require in exchange
for the meat they furnish to the trading post, are tobacco, knives,
ammunition, and. spirits, and occasionally some beads, but more frequently
buttons, which they string in their hair as ornaments. A successful
hunter will probably have two or three dozen of them hanging
at equal distances on his locks, each side of the forehaed. At the
end of these, small coral bells are sometimes attached, which tingle
at every motion of the head, a noise which seems greatly to
delight the wearer ; sometimes strings of buttons are bound round
the head like a tiara; and a bunch of feathers gracefully crowns
the head.
The Stone Indians steal whatever they can, particularly horses;
these animals they maintain are common property, sent by the
Almighty for the general use of man, and therefore may be taken
wherever met with; still they admit the right of the owners to
watch them, and to prevent theft if possible. This avowed disposition
on their part calls forth the strictest vigilance at the
different posts; notwithstanding which the most daring attacks are
often made with success, sometimes on parties of three or four, but
oftener on individuals. About two years ago a band of them had
the audacity to attempt to take away some horses which were grazing
before the gate of the N.W. Company’s fort; and, after braving the
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