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36 first the peculiarities of dress. "Chipeta" the wife of "Auray," exhibits a very good type of the ordinary dress of the richer squaws. A chapter being devoted to the detail of dress and ornament we will not at present go into that subject minutely: and will state in general terms that the primitive, or original dress of the Ojibway squaw is obsolete she has so far adopted the dress of the white woman she has nothing of the old garments left. The primitive dress was however like that of the Dakota squaws, so that the description will serve for both, The entire costume of a squaw consists of a dress or frock with large pendular sleeves, with arm holes, and a hole for the head over which it is slipped like a shirt, and once on, remains almost if not quite to the limit of the life of the garment. The skirt reaches to near the ankles, and is belted at the waist with a girdle suited to the whim of the wearer Upon her feet she wears moccasins and upon the leg a leggin and with the exception of a blanket or robe she is trammelled with no other clothing. The dress of "Chipeta" is an excellent example of the new expensive ?wardrobes? of the Dakotas, it is made of buckskin and this skin is usually very soft and finely dressed, the seams of the sleeves are provided with deep fringes of buckskin cut into strips, across the breast and the lower margin of the sleeve is a broad band of bead work. The skirt is also ? with a ? fringe and circles of beads. here and there on the skirt is featured a strip of buckskin and one or more sleigh bells or in their absence a bit of tin or other article that will produce a jingle. Almost without exception the articles of Dakota dress have some crossed out:articles pieces of tin or horn or bells to make a a jingle or rattle when they walk or dance. It would seem that in conformity with the law of evolution, the environment of the indian has much to do with the dress and customs. Throughout the Dakota [??] man or woman [?] of tin and brass or bells are constantly worn to make a jingling pleasing crossed out: to the ear the ear, the reason for this seems easy to conceive. The Dakota lives in an open country He hunts animals either upon a horse at full speed or in the open country at long range hence it is not necessary for him to maintain silence. Then too perhaps on foot a considerable danger of which is well to notify the lurking rattle snakes and ? the indian by his awakened rattle. The Ojibway on the other hand stalk the timid deer in the solitude of the forest, and glides noiselessly from tree to tree, bush to bush, with him therefore the tinkling of a tin can or a bell would sound the