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49 as? accepted, - the stakes were arranged & they proceeded to attire crossed out - themselves for the contest by denuding themselves to their breech-cloth & adorning their heads in every variety of fanciful manner - The hair is new greased combed & plaited & then, with the aid of feathers, ribbons, streamers of red cloth, & bands of richly worked embroidery, arranged with care in the great variety of manners which their imagination suggests - a collar or necklace & bracelets or armlets are put on, The breech cloth, worked sometimes in fanciful patterns by the squaws, is bound round the waist - by a cincture. To crossed out - which this is generally attached some? pendant ornament of feathers, furs & cloth. Hanging from their belts it contributes greatly to the