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first the peculiarities of dress. "Chipeta" the wife of "Auray," exhibits a new good type of the ordinary dress of the richer squawe. A chieftain being, devoted to the detail of [unclear] and [unclear]. We will not at present go into that subject minutely: and will state in general terms that the punitive, or original dress of the Ojibway squaw is obsolete she has so far adopted the dress of the white woman she has nothing of the old garment left. This punitive dress was [unclear] that of the Dakota squaws, so the description will serve for both, The entire costume of a squaw consists of a dress or frock with large pendulum sleeves, with arm holes, and a hole for the head over which it is slipped [unclear] a shirt, and over an, remains about if not quite to the limit of the life of the garment. The skirt reaches to near the ankle, and is belted at the waists with a girdle suited to the whim of the wearer [unclear] her feet shall wear moccasins and upon the leg a [unclear] and with the exceptions of a blanket or robe she is trammelled with no other clothing. The draw of "Chipeta" is an excellent example of the new expression [unclear] of the Dakotas, it is made of [ludskin?] and this skin is usually very soft and finely [unclear], the seams of this sleeve are provided with deep fringes of ludskin cut into strips, across the breast and the lower margin of the sleeve is a