l8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS \"0L. 97 



Continuing- (p. 141) : 



The dress of tlic men consists, generally, of a pair of deer-skins with the 

 hair on, stitched together. Sometimes, however, a noted hunter wears a couple 

 of cougar skins, the long tails trailing behind him; and other again, on state 

 occasions, display a breech-clout of several small skins, sewed into a belt or 

 waistband . . . They are not as skilful in the preparation of dressed skins as 

 the Oregon Indians, and the use of those dressed on both sides is mostly 

 confined to the women. 



Fig. 4. — Specimens collected by George Gibbs on the Klamath River, California. 



a. food bowl of twined basketry, diameter iot inches, depth 2i inches, 

 U.S.N.M. no. 7568; b, food bowl of twined basketry, diameter 11^ inches, 

 depth 3 inches, U.S.N.AI. no. 7563; c, cooking basket, diameter 9i inches, 

 depth 4 inches, U.S.N.M. no. 7567 ; d, cooking basket, diameter g^ inches, 

 depth 4t inches, U.S.N.M. no. 7553. 



On the morning of October 9 the expedition left the mouth of 

 the Trinity and continued up the valley of the Klamath. About 

 2 miles above the forks they arrived at — 



the Hai-am-mu village, and visiting one of the lodges, found the inhabitants 

 engaged in cooking and eating. The meal consisted of fish and acorn porridge, 

 made by mixing the flour in a basket [c, d, fig. 4], in which the water is kept 



