﻿FEIEDEICH 
  KUBZ 
  BUSHNELL 
  509 
  

  

  their 
  features 
  less 
  noble, 
  tlieir 
  bearing 
  not 
  so 
  stately. 
  They 
  wear 
  their 
  hair 
  

   loose 
  and 
  unkempt. 
  The 
  men 
  are 
  usually 
  fully 
  clothed. 
  They 
  wear, 
  usually, 
  a 
  

   coat 
  and 
  leggings 
  of 
  tanned 
  deerskin, 
  the 
  leggings 
  having 
  a 
  broad, 
  double- 
  

   projecting 
  seam 
  that 
  distinguishes 
  the 
  wearer 
  from 
  members 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  tribe. 
  

   Frequently 
  they 
  wind 
  around 
  their 
  heads 
  and 
  loins 
  woolen 
  scarfs 
  or 
  sashes 
  

   that 
  are 
  embroidered 
  with 
  beads 
  in 
  a 
  design 
  of 
  arrowheads 
  in 
  different 
  colors 
  

   called, 
  therefore, 
  ceinture 
  d 
  fleche. 
  

  

  He 
  then 
  continued 
  by 
  referring 
  briefly 
  to 
  the 
  customs 
  of 
  the 
  Iowa, 
  

   with 
  whom 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  daily 
  intercourse. 
  To 
  again 
  quote 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  lowas 
  are 
  a 
  more 
  cleanly 
  people 
  than 
  the 
  Pottowatomics 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  

   of 
  a 
  brighter 
  color, 
  hauds(jmer 
  and 
  more 
  stately 
  in 
  bearing. 
  The 
  men 
  stiffen 
  

   their 
  hair 
  with 
  grease 
  or 
  loam 
  and 
  wear 
  it 
  pulled 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  forehead 
  in 
  

   such 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  the 
  brow, 
  being 
  entirely 
  exposed, 
  appears 
  very 
  high. 
  They 
  do 
  

   not 
  wear 
  the 
  shirt 
  of 
  deerskiu 
  nor 
  do 
  their 
  leggings 
  have 
  the 
  broad-projecting 
  

   seam, 
  but 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  often 
  trimmed 
  with 
  beads. 
  On 
  the 
  whole 
  they 
  wear 
  

   very 
  little 
  clothing 
  in 
  midsummer 
  ; 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  breech 
  cloth 
  and 
  

   blanket, 
  they 
  wear 
  no 
  clothes 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  The 
  peculiar 
  manner 
  of 
  preparing 
  their 
  hair, 
  as 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  is 
  

   clearly 
  shown 
  in 
  several 
  sketches 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  reproduced, 
  Kurz 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  quite 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  ways 
  of 
  arrang- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  hair, 
  as 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  several 
  tribes. 
  He 
  Vv'rote 
  regarding 
  

   the 
  Sac 
  and 
  Fox 
  : 
  

  

  They 
  shave 
  the 
  hair 
  entirely 
  from 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  their 
  heads 
  and 
  arrange 
  

   what 
  is 
  left 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  it 
  looks 
  like 
  a 
  tuft 
  or 
  brush. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  them 
  leave 
  the 
  long 
  hair 
  on 
  their 
  crowns 
  for 
  a 
  support 
  on 
  which 
  to 
  fasten 
  

   their 
  head 
  ornaments. 
  The 
  braves 
  have 
  a 
  proud 
  war-like 
  mien. 
  

  

  Kurz 
  remained 
  at 
  St. 
  Joseph 
  during 
  the 
  winter, 
  often 
  making 
  

   trips 
  into 
  the 
  adjacent 
  country. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  late 
  autumn 
  of 
  1S48 
  the 
  Missouri 
  froze 
  over 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  depth 
  that 
  a 
  

   four-horse 
  team, 
  or 
  sleighs 
  laden 
  with 
  wood, 
  could 
  cross 
  without 
  the 
  slightest 
  

   danger. 
  

  

  About 
  that 
  time 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  Iowa 
  Indians 
  encamped 
  near 
  the 
  bank 
  

   of 
  the 
  Missouri 
  just 
  across 
  from 
  St. 
  Joseph. 
  There 
  were 
  some 
  30 
  

   families, 
  and 
  Kirutsche 
  was 
  the 
  chief. 
  Kurz 
  crossed 
  the 
  river 
  on 
  the 
  

   ice 
  during 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  December 
  15. 
  He 
  wrote 
  in 
  his 
  narrative 
  : 
  

  

  As 
  I 
  was 
  crossing 
  the 
  frozen 
  stream 
  an 
  ice-cold 
  wind 
  swept 
  across 
  the 
  river, 
  

   driving 
  before 
  it 
  a 
  cloud 
  of 
  snowflakes. 
  In 
  the 
  forest 
  I 
  found 
  many 
  converging 
  

   paths 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  which 
  one 
  would 
  lead 
  to 
  Kirutsche's 
  tent. 
  As 
  soon, 
  

   however, 
  as 
  I 
  was 
  well 
  into 
  the 
  wood, 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  howling 
  wind, 
  I 
  heard 
  the 
  

   measured 
  beating 
  of 
  a 
  drum. 
  Following 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  that 
  sound 
  I 
  arrived 
  

   in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  at 
  a 
  wigwam. 
  I 
  had 
  expected 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  tent 
  of 
  skins 
  similar 
  

   to 
  those 
  I 
  had 
  already 
  passed, 
  but 
  this 
  was 
  a 
  hut 
  constructed 
  of 
  withes 
  in 
  

   elliptical 
  form 
  and 
  overarched 
  with 
  rush 
  mats. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  was 
  an 
  opening 
  

   for 
  light 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  egress 
  of 
  smoke, 
  and 
  cut 
  low 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  side 
  

   walls 
  was 
  another 
  that 
  served 
  for 
  door. 
  The 
  latter 
  was 
  covered, 
  as 
  by 
  a 
  curtain, 
  

   with 
  an 
  animal 
  pelt. 
  

  

  