APPEARANCE OF THE INDIANS. 



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child are hung upon a tree, or on a pole inside the wigwam. 

 Those who have communication with the whites may be seen 

 clothed in blanket garments, which the men wear in the shape 



INDIAN MODE OF CAKKYING CHILDREN'. 



of coats ; while the women swathe their bodies in a whole 



blanket, which covers them from their shoulders to their feet. 



Though the men assume a grave and dignified air when a 



stranger approaches, they often indulge in practical jokes and 



