2S0 cook's VOYAGE TO APRIL, 



The last of these gives them a ghastly, disgusting as- 

 pect. They also strew the brown martial mica upon 

 the paint, which makes it glitter, the ears of many of 

 them are perforated in the lobe, where they make a 

 pretty large hole ; and two others higher up on the 

 outer edge. In these holes they hang bits of bone ; 

 quills fixed upon a leathern thong; small shells; 

 bunches of woollen tassels ; or pieces of thin copper, 

 which our beads could never supplant. The septum 

 of the nose, in many, is also perforated, through 

 which they draw a piece of soft cord ; and others 

 wear, at the same place, small thin pieces of iron, 

 brass, or copper, shaped almost like a horse-shoe, the 

 narrow opening of which receives the septum, so as 

 that the two points may gently pinch it ; and the or- 

 nament thus hangs over the upper lip. The rings of 

 our brass buttons, which they eagerly purchased, were 

 appropriated to this use. About their wrists they 

 wear bracelets or bunches of white bugle beads, made 

 of a conic shelly substance; bunches of thongs, with 

 tassels ; or a broad black shining horny substance, of 

 one piece. And about their ankles they also frequently 

 wear many folds of leathern thongs, or the sinews of 

 animals twisted to a considerable thickness. 



Thus far of their ordinary dress and ornaments ; 

 but they have some that seem to be used only on 

 extraordinary occasions ; either when they exhibit 

 themselves as strangers, in visits of ceremony, or when 

 they go to war. Amongst the first may be considered 

 the skins of animals, such as wolves or bears, tied on 

 in the usual manner, but ornamented at the edges with 

 broad borders of fur, or of the woollen stuff manu- 

 factured by them, ingeniously wrought with various 

 figures. These are worn either separately, or over their 

 other common garments. On such occasions, the 

 most common head-dress is a quantity of withe, or 

 half-beaten bark, wrapped about the head; which, 

 at the same time, has various large feathers, particu- 

 larly those of eagles, stuck in it, or is entirely covered, 



