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They are generally of smaller size than the Americans & of light active figure, they are employed as boatmen, raftsmen & Indian traders. Most of them have Indian or half-breed wives which gives rise to another branch in the population of Minnesota. The smear sash, pipe, & mocassins are the only remnants of the old vogageurs dress to be seen among them. The costume of the voyageurs was a mixture of Indian & European a blanket coat reaching to about the knees, leggins & the breech-clout & mocassins-- the head was covered in summer with a fur or felt hat adorned with feathers, the hat usually black & somewhat after the "Spanish" form -- Sometimes a close fitting woollen cap without visor, somewhat like a night-cap was worn. In winter the clothing was warmer & a "capuchin" hood, often attached to the collar of the coat unclear: --ted the head-- the hair & beard was often worn long & a sash was tied around the waist outside the coat -