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rings of lead?, some like a goose quill in three pieces, to set close to the rim which they surrounded. Sometimes doubtless, other kinds of rings, but these seem to have been the most common. They had also more jewels, sometimes in the middle, and sometimes in the right or left nostril. The women anointed their hair with beans oil, mint, but? it with red and yellow dust, and tied it in a knot or club? on the crown. But sometimes they let it hang down, They generally had the rim of their ears bow and strung with jewels. 2. Ornaments for the neck, the men wore a band of panther's skin, with the hair on, and having small bells fastened to it. They had also strings put over their necks, to which were attached various ornaments, exchanged in later years for round pieces of silver like a full moon, or semicircular pieces like a new moon. These hung down to the breast. The women had beads made of horn or turkey bond, seriously wrought, and strung on a long thread, so as to go many times round the neck, each folding hanging to er then the other, in such a manner that the breast was frequently nearly covered with beads. 3. Dress for the body. The men wore a leather shirt, with sleeves coming down to the hips. Their breeches were like those of the priests, only made of deer skin dressed in the usual way, their coats came down about to the knees. Their blankets were of leather, a belted round them. The women wore a short gown, of deerskin, fastened in the bosom with sashes or broaches, made of bone. They had also a certain kind of handkerchief, to which was fastened a small bell, in such a manner as to hand down in the bosom. 4. Dress + ornaments for the arms legs and feet. The men wore bands about the wrists, and about the arm, above the elbow. These had small bells attached to them. The ancient materials for these bands were exchanged for silver when they became acquainted with that metal, + could obtain it