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it must be started about three o'clock in the morning in order to be 

 ready for use at eight or nine o'clock. 



The making of chee-sa, the principal drink of the Tule, has been 

 described in connection with the wedding customs. 



HOME LIFE 



Women never work in the fields. 



There is no ceremony iior feast connected with the naming of a 

 child. 



The instruction of a child is begun by its mother before it can 

 understand her words. 



The Tule mother sings her baby to sleep, saying its father has gone 

 planting or harvesting the crops. If the baby is a boy, she sings that 

 when he grows up he must be a good worker in the fields. If the 

 baby is a girl, she sings that she must work diligently at home when 

 she grows up. 



Red paint is made of the juice of a certain plant and with this the 

 women draw a narrow line down the top of the nose and slightly 

 redden the cheeks. The women's hair is short and cut squarely 

 across. In former times the Tule women wore clothing made from 

 the bark of certain trees, pounded until only the fiber remained. 

 Their present costume consists of a tunic made of calico or gingham 

 decorated with applique designs of similar material in a contrasting 

 color, this work being done very neatly and in elaborate patterns. 

 The skirt consists of about 2 yards of calico or gingham wrapped 

 around the body and held in place by tucking in the upper corners 

 at the waist line. This is worn over the tunic, forming a garment 

 that is very tight around the hips and loose at the knees. With it is 

 worn a loose head covering of cloth that protects the head without 

 additional heat (pi. 5). The men wear the ordinary clothing of civili- 

 zation. Nose-rings are worn at the present time by the women, and 

 large discs of gold are often fastened to the ears. Necklaces are 

 favorite ornaments among both men and women, the men wearing 

 strings of the teeth of the mountain lion and the women wearing 

 strings of monkey teeth. Fragrant berries are dried, strung, and 

 worn by the women. Strings of silver coins are also worn as neck- 

 laces by the women. 



MANNER OF LIFE 



The Tule live in compact villages — there are no scattered houses. 

 The islands on which they live are, in some instances, only half a 

 mile from the main land. A man's wealth consists of land and trees, 



