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them in the posture in which they were first 
placed; around the body and next thereto were 
wrapped two deer-skins. “These skins appeared 
to have been dressed in some mode different from 
what is now practiced by any people of whom | 
have any knowledge. The hair of the skins 
was cut off very near to the surface. The skins 
were ornamented with the imprints of vines and 
leaves, which were sketched with a substance 
perfectly white. Outside of these two skins was 
a large square sheet, which was either wove or 
knit. The fabric was the inner bark of a tree, 
which I judge from appearances to be that of the 
linn-tree. In its texture and appearance it re- 
sembled the South Sea Island cloth or matting ; 
this sheet enveloped the whole body and head. 
The hair on the head was cut off within an 
eighth of an inch of the skin, except near the 
neck, where it was an inch long. The color of 
the hair was a dark-red; the teeth were white 
and perfect. I discovered no blemish upon the 
body, except a wound between two ribs, near 
the backbone; and one of the eyes had also been 
injured. The finger and toe nails were per- 
fect and quite long. The features were regular. 
I measured the length of one of the bones of the 
~ arm with a string, from the elbow to the wrist- 
