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projecting cheek-bones and wide nostrils: but 
they have generally good teeth, and fine eyes. 
When at the fort they imitate the dress of the 
Canadians, except that, instead of trowsers, they 
prefer the Indian stockings, which only reach 
from the thigh to the ankle, and in ‘place of the 
waistband they have apiece of cloth round the 
middle which hangs down loosely before and be- 
hind. Their hunting dress consists of a leathern 
shirt and stockings, over which a blanket is thrown, 
the head being covered with a fur cap or band. 
Their manner is reserved, and their habits are 
selfish; they beg with unceasing importunity for 
every thing they see. I never saw men who 
either received or bestowed a gift with such bad 
grace ; they almost snatch the thing from you in the 
one instance, and throw it at you in the other. It 
could not be expected that such men should dis- 
play in their tents, the amiable hospitality which 
prevails generally amongst the Indians of this 
country. A stranger may go away hungry from 
their lodges, unless he possesses’ sufficient impu- 
dence to thrust, uninvited, his knife into the kettle, 
and help himself: The owner, indeed, never 
deigns to take any notice of such an act of rude- 
ness, except by a frown, it being beneath the 
dignity of a hunter, to make disturbance about a 
piece of meat. 
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