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of men. The congregation consisted of Montagnais 

 from the interior and from the coast, Nasquapees from 

 Ashwanipi and Petichikapau, a lake beyond Ashwanipi 

 on the table-land, a few French Canadians from Seven 

 Islands and the Moisic, and a few Montagnais half- 

 breeds. 



The Indian women wore the picturesque Montagnais 

 cap of scarlet, and black or green cloth in alternate stripes, 

 with, in some instances, a gold lace tassel attached to the 

 drooping extremity. Most of them were enveloped in gaudy 

 coloured shawls ; their petticoats were of blue cloth or 

 calico, with bright patterns, their mistassins or leggings 

 of blue cloth, and their mocassins of seal skin, neatly 

 ornamented with silk or porcupine quills, worked into 

 patterns of flowers. The men had all discarded their 

 Indian dress of caribou skin, and wore cloth coats and 

 trousers; the only article of. Indian manufacture which 

 formed part of their clothing was the seal-skin mocassin. 



They were chanting at the time I entered, but their 

 voices are far inferior to the low, soft and sw r eet tones 

 of the Ojibway women. The men's voices are harsh and 

 discordant, and they apparently endeavour to make up 

 for want of harmony by noise. I was very much struck 

 with the general aspect of the Montagnais women : their 

 eyes are inclined, their noses aquiline, and their jaws 

 square ; the last feature is also the distinguishing character 

 of the men, but is still more developed in the Nasquapee 

 than in the Montagnais race. 



Both men and women have thick lips ; and among the 

 latter some were seen to whom a singular developement 

 of this feature gave an expression the reverse of pleasing. 



