countenance., Tlie\Womem have more agrecabldWpfi&'tlMn thdhieny
but their gait is awkward, winch proceeds from; their being a£cuftomed,
nine months in the year," to-tMvel^on fhowrfhoes- atid drag hedge's
i f a weight from two to fourth undred pounds, v They are veryfubinif-
five to -their hufbands, who have, however, -theii'fits of jealoufy;- and,
for yefy-trifling caufes/treat them with-fudrcruelty as fometimes 16 oc-
caSon their death; They are frequently ofe§e»3 :sro£>traffic; and t% father
poffeffes the right of difpofing of -his daughter*. The men in general
extraft their beards, though fome ofnhem are Teen-ito prefer a bufhy,
black beaitlyth afmoath chin. They cut their .hair! in various forms-,cor
■ kave i t in a long, natural flow, according -as".their-caprice Or fanfy
fuggefts^—The women:always wear it in great length; arid Tomecof them
are very attentive to-its arrangement.::. I f -they at.any timeajjpear sdfe-
fpoiled of their .treffes, it re/to^ be efteemed a proof !of-the hufband’s
jealoufy, and is confidered as a feyerer punifhment than manu^ eb 'r -
re&iom Both fexes have blue:.'or..black' bars;cdrofrom’ One'{tctTour
ftraight lines on their' cheeks or . forehead do tdiflinguifhf.the tiibfes to
which they belong.' Thefe fnarks are.either:tatoSedpoK-rnade by drawing
a thread, dipped in the neceflary cdlobrffeentath the Ikiri.
There are no. people more attentive to the comforts of their* drefs, :df
iefe anxious „refpefting its exterior appearance/ In the winter-if is- competed
of the fkins of deer, and their-fewns, and dreffed any
chamois 'leather, in the hair. Inahe iumBier their ®gp»el : i^ llk^fktnfe,
except that ^t i’S'prepared- without the frdir. J -Theh^&^^jand kggMs
* f i ie y do not, fell them; as flaviS, but as companions tip tbo$,who .are fuppofed
' more^onvtOTf than th'emM v es.'
are
are.Fewn|together, the latterfreaching upwards1 to the middle, and being
lupportedihiy a ihelfc, under which a fmalTpifece of leather is drawn to
c-oyerc the private partspthe;ehds:ofl which .fali doWn both before" and
behindvdln the (hqcs^shey put the hair of the moofeior rein-deer with
additional pieces ©f leather as focks. i. The fliirg o« cóatywhea gpfted
round the waifly reaches;.to the middle of the thigh, and the mittens
are. fewed! to. the. fleeves, or are fufpended by firings from .the ihoulders»
A ruff or tippet furrounds the.neck, and the fkin of the head of the deer
fojms# dubious Ikihd off:Cap, Aro.be^/made of.feveral deer :br fawn
fkips fewed together,covers- the whole! hThis drefs is worn Angle, or
double» but always in the, winter, with , the hair .within and without.
Thqs arrayed, a Chepewyan will lay himfelf down on; the ice in the
middle lO.f .a lake, and,rep.ofe in .comfort; though he will Sometimes find
a difficulty i in the morning Todifencumber himfelf from the fnow drifted
on him,during the night. If in his paffage he fhould 'be in want of
prdyifipn, he .cuts an hole in the iqe‘, 'when he feldom fails of taking
3pme.,ttout or pike, whofè- eyes, he. inftantly fcoops .out, and. eats: as a
greatvjdëlicacy; but if they Ifiould not be fufticiènt to. fatisfy his appetite,
"he-will, in this neCeflky ihake his'meaF o f 'tKe" fifH in its raw
but, thofe Whom ITaw,'preferredTo' difèfs* tbeif-^ftuèlte when
circumfiances admitted the peceffary preparation/: When they are m
that part of their country which does not produce a fufEcient quap?
tity Of wood for fuel, they are reduUd to the' fame exigency, though
thgy generally dry their meat in the fun.*
Thé
safc * The provifion called Peaicaii/ön which the Chepewyans, as welf as the other favagss- o f this
^ j t o iry. chiefly fubfift in their journies, iprepared in the following manner. > The lean parts o f the
p l l f f l l f the larger animals are cut in thin flices, anefare placed on a wooden grate over a flow fire, or
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