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are made by their wouieu, though it is not difficult to find among them 

 also most excellent male weavers, and a very elegant blanket I once 

 secured from the Navajos was made by a man, and its weaving took 

 him considerably over a month to accomplish. A good belt can usually 

 be bought for about $12. 



Curves are never found in the figure patterns on the belts or blankets, 

 but the employment of horizontal stripes, the diagonals, and the lozenge 

 are interwoven with a variety that appears to be almost endless in the 

 matter of design. The leading colors used are red, brilliant orange 

 yellow, a blue, and by combination a green, and finally black, white, 

 and gray. 



The manufacture of these dyes is an exceedingly interesting process, 

 but its description does not properly fall within the scope of the pres- 

 ent article. 



As civilization advances westward and makes intrusion into the 

 haunts of these simple people these aboriginal industries of theirs must 

 eventually die out rather than be stimulated and enhanced by the con- 

 tact. For with it civilization brings bright and cheap dyes of many 

 shades; excellent Germantown wools that are not expensive; but more 

 fatal than any of these, very good and durable blankets, of bright 

 tints, that may be purchased by these Indians for a few dollars at the 

 store of the trader, and thus obviate the tedious necessity of any fur- 

 ther manufacture of their own in the future. 



