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taught their other lovers and the other women. Women 

 were also sometimes suspected of denouncing and disgrac- 

 ing, for the gratification of malice or revenge, men who 

 really had not been guilty with them. The ceremony fell 

 into disrepute, then into disuse, and is now, I believe, 

 entirely discontinued. 



It is regarded as effeminate in a man to show any affec- 

 tion for his wife, or attention to any other woman (where 

 he may be seen). A very noticeable exception is Powder 

 Face, a prominent chief of the Arrapahoes, a desperate 

 and dangerous fighter, covered with scars, and celebrated 

 for the many scalps he has taken, and risks he has run. 

 His wife is a rather pretty woman of about twenty-five. 

 They have been married some years, and have no 

 children. In spite of this no two people could be more 

 devoted and apparently happy. She goes with him every- 

 where, his most willing slave. He will sit for hours before 

 his lodge door combing her hair, painting her face, petting 

 and fondling her conduct which would disgrace a less 

 determined or well-known warrior. 



Children are highly prized. The father feels pride in 

 his sons, who keep alive his ambition. They also help to 

 feed the family, and take care of the stock. He feels 

 interest in his daughters as a sure revenue when mar- 

 riageable. The little children are much petted and 

 spoiled, tumbling and climbing unreproved over the father 

 and his visitors in the lodge, and seem never to be an 

 annoyance, or in the way. The boys grow up, as it 

 happens, without restraint in anything. The girls are 

 early taught the lesson of subordination, and begin to 

 labour almost as soon as they can walk. 



Indians are gregarious. Even the chief prefers to 

 have one or more families beside his own in his lodge. 

 Each lodge of the common people contains from three to 

 five families (rather crowded for a single room not over 

 twenty feet in diameter). 



There are no regular hours for meals, nor is there, as 



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