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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  In 
  speaking 
  about 
  marriage 
  among 
  tlie 
  p]nrocs, 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  When 
  a 
  young 
  

   Indian 
  becomes 
  enamored 
  of 
  a 
  maiden, 
  and 
  cannot 
  wait 
  to 
  collect 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  

   shells 
  demanded 
  by 
  her 
  father, 
  heissometimesallowed 
  to 
  pay 
  half 
  the 
  amount, 
  and 
  

   become 
  what 
  is 
  termed 
  ' 
  half 
  married.' 
  Instead 
  of 
  bringing 
  her 
  to 
  his 
  cabin 
  

   and 
  making 
  her 
  his 
  slave, 
  he 
  goes 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  her 
  cabin 
  and 
  becomes 
  her 
  slave." 
  

   Again, 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Since 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  Americans, 
  the 
  honorable 
  estate 
  of 
  

   matrimony 
  has 
  fallen 
  sadiy 
  into 
  desuetude 
  among 
  the 
  young 
  braves, 
  because 
  they 
  

   seldom 
  have 
  shell-money 
  now-a-days, 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  Indiansprefer 
  that 
  in 
  exchange 
  

   for 
  their 
  daughters. 
  .. 
  .(The 
  old 
  generation 
  dislike 
  the 
  white 
  man's 
  money, 
  but 
  

   hoard 
  up 
  shell-money 
  like 
  true 
  misers)," 
  etc. 
  Among 
  the 
  Hoopas, 
  " 
  murder 
  is 
  

   generally 
  compounded 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  shell-money." 
  * 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  money 
  in 
  traffic 
  among 
  the 
  interior 
  Indians, 
  it 
  

   appears 
  that 
  "all 
  the 
  dwellers 
  on 
  the 
  plains, 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  as 
  

   the 
  cedar-line, 
  bought 
  all 
  their 
  bows 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  arrows 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  

   mountaineers. 
  An 
  Indian 
  is 
  about 
  fen 
  days 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  bow, 
  and 
  it 
  costs 
  ^3, 
  

   $4, 
  or 
  $.5, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  workmanship 
  ; 
  an 
  arrow, 
  \2y^ 
  cents. 
  Three 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  money 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  this 
  traffic. 
  White 
  shell 
  beads, 
  or 
  rather 
  buttons, 
  

   pierced 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  strung 
  together, 
  were 
  rated 
  at 
  %b 
  per 
  yard 
  ; 
  peri- 
  

   winkles, 
  at 
  ^1 
  a 
  yard 
  ; 
  fancy 
  marine 
  shells 
  at 
  various 
  prices 
  from 
  $3 
  to 
  $10, 
  

   or 
  $15, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  beauty." 
  f 
  

  

  The 
  shell-money 
  here 
  referred 
  to 
  is 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  particularized 
  to 
  admit 
  of 
  

   a 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  shells 
  belonged. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  sick 
  among 
  the 
  Meewocs, 
  Mr. 
  Powers 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  phy- 
  

   sician's 
  prerogative 
  is, 
  that 
  he 
  must 
  always 
  be 
  paid 
  in 
  advance 
  ; 
  hence, 
  a 
  man 
  

   seek'ng 
  his 
  services 
  brings 
  his 
  offering 
  along 
  — 
  a 
  fresh-slain 
  deer, 
  or 
  so 
  many 
  

   yards 
  of 
  shells, 
  or 
  something 
  — 
  and 
  flings 
  it 
  down 
  before 
  him 
  without 
  a 
  word, 
  

   thus 
  intimating 
  that 
  he 
  desires 
  the 
  worth 
  of 
  that 
  in 
  medicine 
  and 
  treatment. 
  

   The 
  patient's 
  prerogative 
  is, 
  that 
  if 
  he 
  dies, 
  his 
  friends 
  may 
  kill 
  the 
  doctor."J 
  

  

  Aiming 
  the 
  MiiiJoc^, 
  or 
  Mod 
  ics, 
  " 
  when 
  a 
  maiden 
  arrives 
  at 
  womanhood, 
  

   her 
  father 
  makes 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  party 
  in 
  her 
  honor. 
  Her 
  young 
  companions 
  as- 
  

   semble, 
  and 
  together 
  they 
  dance 
  and 
  sing 
  wild, 
  dithyrambic 
  roundelays, 
  impro- 
  

   vised 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  woods 
  and 
  the 
  waters 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  ' 
  Jumping 
  ectoes 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  ; 
  

   Squirrels 
  turning 
  somersaults 
  ; 
  

   Green 
  leaves, 
  dancing 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  ; 
  

   Fishes 
  white 
  as 
  money-shells, 
  

   Runniug 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  green, 
  and 
  deep, 
  and 
  still. 
  

   Hi-ho, 
  hi-ho, 
  hi-bay 
  ! 
  

   Hi-ho, 
  hi-ho, 
  hi-hay 
  ! 
  ' 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  substance 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  songs, 
  as 
  translated 
  for 
  me." 
  I 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  Yoeuts, 
  another 
  California 
  tribe, 
  whose 
  dominion 
  covers 
  '• 
  the 
  

   Kern 
  and 
  Tulare 
  basins, 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  San 
  Joaquin," 
  etc., 
  " 
  their 
  money 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  shell-buttons, 
  and 
  a 
  string 
  of 
  them 
  reaching 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  Overland 
  Monthly, 
  vol. 
  IX, 
  p. 
  156. 
  

   t 
  Id., 
  vol. 
  X, 
  p. 
  325. 
  

   t/d., 
  vol.X, 
  p. 
  327. 
  

   §/<i., 
  p. 
  541. 
  

  

  