272 September 1749. 



ftone hatchets of the ancient Indians are 

 very rare in Canada. 



Kettles of copper or brafs, fometimes tin- 

 ned in the infide. In thefe the Indians now 

 boil all their meat, and they have a very great 

 run with them. They formerly made ufe 

 of earthen or wooden pots, into which they 

 poured water, or whatever elfe they wanted 

 to boil, and threw in red hot ftones to make 

 it boil. They do not want iron boilers, be- 

 caufe they cannot be eafily carried on their 

 continual journies, and would not bear fuch 

 falls and knocks as their kettles are fubjed; 

 to. 



Ear-rings of different fixes, commonly of 

 brafs, and fometimes of tin. They are 

 worn by both men and women, though the 

 ufe of them is not general. 



VermiUion. With this they paint their 

 face, fhirt, and feveral parts of the body. 

 They formerly made ufe of a reddiih earth, 

 which is to be found in the country; but, 

 as the Europeans brought them vermillion, 

 they thought nothing was comparable to it in 

 colour. Many perfons have told me, that 

 they had heard their fathers mention, that 

 the firft Frenchmen who came over here, got 

 a great heap of furs from the Indians, for 

 three times as much cinnabar as would ly oa 

 the tip of a knife, 



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