havellkewife feen fome, who had daubed 

 their face with a black colour. Many of 

 them have figures in the face, and on the 

 whole body, which are flained into the 

 fkin, (o as to be indelible. The manner 

 of making them fliall be defcribed in the 

 fequel. Thefe figures are commonly black j 

 fome have a fnake painted in each cheek, 

 fame have feveral crofTes, fome an arrow, 

 others the fun, or any thing elfe their ima- 

 gination leads them to. They have fuch 

 figures likewife on the breaft, thighs, and 

 other parts of the body; but fome have no 

 figures at all. They wear a (hirt, which is 

 either white or checked, and a fl^iaggy piece 

 of cloth, which is either blue or white, 

 with a blue or red flripe below. This 

 they always carry over their flioulders, or 

 let it hang down, in which cafe they wrap 

 it round their middle. Round their neck> 

 they have a firing of violet wampumss 

 with little white wampums between them. 

 Thefe wampums are fmall, of the figure 

 of oblong pearls, and made of the fhells 

 which the Englifi call clams*. I fliall 

 make a more particular mention of them 

 in the fequel. At the end of the wampum 

 firings, many of the Indians wear a large 



* Venus mercenar'ia. Linn, 



M a French 



