ikeir^eaars, blltvno othett&tiçntiott whatever,3s;paid to it. | Thé baxtdofyf
V:;^fc-4 feine o£ the>old ■ men. "Werer*l»bg,> and'.*!©» &ftsKadhthem jAMed out
the ro©t&;Téa“thati nbl fm-hanr ooölcfebe ‘‘födhsoh 'thötfïc&Ms;? 'vThef.föfea
have two doableTihê^èfchei»bfeçk dr feîuê| tàJt*oô£d\Êpdk e&cfr-'ëheëk*
|F@rür the. ear to dh'e -nofer» 'T'Hö<grfilk<of «the/ latter is^erfBrated föfhs
to adimtià göofeïquill ó r a fmall piece, of wooïïitoube paffed thröu^Kthe
orifice. Their clothing is .made o f the\drefïèd fkinsóf-the rein or inoofe
deer, though: more commonly of theTortnert*? Thefe they -prepare jin'the
hair T o r winter, /and. make ‘{hirrinof bóih;dwhieb fcach^torftdimiddlé
o f theirfi thighs. rdSome o f them arè-^Jécbfated 'wibh. àu ; .embroidery -of
very neat workmanfhip with poiEipine quills and the hair o f thè-moöfe,
colouredr-red; hlack,.yellow,, and whiter oTheiriipper.-garments, are. fuff
ficiently large to coVer. the whefle body,,with a fringe round the?bottbiii|
and are.ufcd both fleeping and awake. Thfeirfeggins eome'draff way,up
the; thigh, and are.fcwed to their: Ihoes : ;^hey are émbróideredrr©.und;>the
ancle, and : riponfeveiyfeam.: The drefs of’ the women» fe the. Tame, as
ihat ofirthemen. T h e former have n o covering.on -üieir private;part's,
except a staffel o f leatheriwhich danglés from.admail cöM, tas i t appears:,
to ( keep. : o ff:th e : flies;; j which . would .other-wife beT veryIdfeBuMefome.
Whether circumcifion be p'raftifed among . them, I cannot , pretend to
fey, b u t the appearance; o f it was’general among thofe whom;!few. ÈÊ
: -Their ornaments confift- o f gorgets,;bracelets for the arms arid wrifts,
made o f wood» horn; or,,boûë;:belts, garters, and a kind; ofqband to go
round the head, compofed o f ftrips o f leather o f one inch arid :an. half
broad, embroidered with porcupine quills, and fluck round |v ith v the
claws of be.ars o r wild fowl inverted, to, which are fufpended a.fewdhort
thongs o f the fkjp of- an animal that refeipbles.the ermine, inithe.form
o f
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©f a^affd,. .Theyickiliures an^^gartersj^re formed p £ , p ore upin©';qu ills
woven withlinewsj. in,a ftyle ofvpeculia^Ikdl,and neatnefs.:. thephave 1
ptfiens p f .^afferent tnaterials; and|smprq ordinary, sworkmapfinp ; and to
b®bh they .attachoaifong fringe of .firings5 of leather, worked1 round with
hair'©if various ;eok|urs. tTheir • m ittens; Ire al(ks fufpended the.
neek,»Hfr>a pofitioriiCOHV|hient foivthe reception^fef tk^hands.
.’sTheir lodges aretofia very fimple ftrufture t^ar.fev^poIes.fiapportcd by
a-fonb, and forming afenaicircle ri^'the^kotl.opH^fhl forne biaqrhes o £ a 1’
piece of hark asia*covering,\coHfii|bte%thffi^hale^ofuheir native architect
ture.- They build < two- of fhefe fisats daring-each, other, and- make the
fixe between-them. >.»3?:he.furniture, harmonife^ with the buildmgs&tdhey
fiavig yjfpw^dina^^iO'f^^d, bark^-ar horn*;. ifie ye%lsx in .which: they
cook their yj^uals^aredn tfie fhaLpetpf■ a; igonrdi narrow- a t the top and
wide a t the.bottom, and ofofwatape*, fabricated iii fuch aj manner; as. t©>
•hold water, which.is. made,±%;b.o'il by puttingia fucpelfiop of.ted-diatdtones.
intodt.ri:Thefe veffe-feoontain from two tofi x gal Ions. Theyhaveanumv-
ber of.fmall leather b a ^ -to hold their, emtiroidered.workjjines; andnets.
T h ey always keep a large, quantity ©JF|b® fibres of. willow bark; which they-
iW-ork into th r e a te n .theitdhigbasi Their netSF,are. from three to forly
fathoms in lengthy and from.thirieen»tpJthirty-fix me|he^-iri d e p th s« The
fhoxt,deep ones they?fq|tin,the eddy, ounreitt o f r i^ x s , and the lorig’one’s
in A'h9^%|tes., They, lifiewife make .Ming&'.of^he finews o f the reitr-deer,
•.jandsarianB^i^ iE e'iheir •' hooks from woo.dj horn, b ^ to n e> . <rTheir arms
and weapot^ fori hunting, are bows and arrows, fpears^daggers/ and phga-
* ' Watape-is tHe name giyen to the aSvxae^Wits o f ffleTp»«ce-fir, wliich the natives weave into a
degree of compaftnefs th^.t renders it:.capable o f ,containiingi.a fluid,1 Tih^.tfifflfSnt parts
canned are alfo fewed together With this, kind of filament.
magans^