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Of porcelaii, which is a sort of beads they make of 

 the conk shells. Others that have not this make 

 a leather string serve. 



The Indian men have a match coat of hair, 

 furs, feathers, or cloth, as the women have. Their 

 hair is rolled up on each ear, as the women's only 

 much shorter, and oftentimes a roll on the crown 

 of the head, or temples, which is just as they fan- 

 cy, there being no strictness in their dress. Be- 

 twixt their legs comes a piece of cloth, that is tuck- 

 ed in by a belt, both before and behind. This is 

 to hide their nakedness, of which decency they 

 are very strict observers, although never practiced 

 before the christians came amongst them. They 

 wear shoes of buck's and sometimes bear's skin, 

 which they tan in an hour or two, with the bark 

 of trees boiled, wherein they put the leather 

 whilst hot, and let it remain a little while, where- 

 by it becomes so qualified as to endure water and 

 dirt, without growing hard. These have no heels, 

 and are made as fit for the feet as a glove is for 

 the hand, and are very easy to travel in when one 

 is a little used to them. When these savages live 

 near the water, they frequent the rivers in summer 

 time very much, where both men and women very 

 often in a day go in naked to wash themselves, 

 though not both sexes together. 



Their feather match coats are very pretty, espe- 

 cially some of them, which are made extraordina- 

 ry charming, containing several pretty figures 

 wrought in feathers, making them seem like a 



