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HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 



BILLY KOWLF.r.S. 



waist. The waist merely reaches below the 

 breast, leaving a portion of the stomach bare. 

 In most cases these dresses are more or less 

 ornamented by sewing on pieces of calico of 

 different colors. The women do not wear 

 moccasins. Young girls, up to the age of 

 eight or nine years, wear only a skirt, being 

 nude above the waist, w^iile the bo3'S wear a 

 shirt only. Younger children go about naked 

 in the camps, but at the present time they 

 often put on little cotton shirts, if they happen 

 to be in the vicinity of the white settlements. 



As soon as they get into camp, however, off come the clothes and 



the youngsters run about in a state of nature. Many of the men 



shave their heads, leaving only a scalp-lock and a little bang of hair 



on the forehead, but 



this custom is not 



always followed by 



the y o u n g e r In- 

 dians. 



The women wear 



great quantities of 



beads wdiich the}' 



hang in strings 



about their necks, 



and the weight of 



these must be very 



great. The women 



also wear round 



pieces of silver 



made from dimes 



and quarters ham- 

 mered very thin. 



These they fasten 



to the breast of 



INDLAN CHILDREN. 



