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their dress. They also wear half dollars and dollars hun;^ in the 

 same manner, but those are not hammered. Oecasionally, thou<5Ji 

 rarelv, thev make ^■ery thin lariije discs of hammered silver, wliich 

 are worn bv the women over the breasts, one on each side. 1 he 

 men do not paint their faces, but occasionally wear ornaments when 



visiting a white man"s camp or going to a town on a trading expedi- 

 tion. I am told they sometimes paint their faces during the cere- 

 mony of the Green Corn Dance, but was unable to get any detinite 

 information on this subject. Sometimes the men wear bracelets of 

 silver, but it is not a verv common custom, as 1 have never seen but 



