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drawing a thread under the skin or pricking it with a needle. On page 

 117 lie says that the Chippewyans have tattooed cheeks and foreheads. 

 Both sexes have blue or black bars or from one to four straight lines 

 to distinguish the tribe to which they belong; they tattoo by entering 

 au awl or needle under the skin and on drawing it out, immediately 

 rubbing powdered charcoal into the wounds. On page 127 he states 

 that ou the Yukon River among the Kutchins, the men draw a black 

 stripe down the forehead and the nose, frequently crossing the forehead 

 and cheeks with red lines and streaking the chin alternately with red 

 and black, and the women tattoo the chin with a black pigment. 



It will be observed that these statements by Bancroft, about tattoo- 

 ing among the Hyperboreans, seem to be confined to the face, except as 

 is mentioned among the Kadiak, where the women tattoo the breast, 

 and that these tattoo marks seem to be simple straight lines, either 

 vertical or horizontal. 



In this place is properly inserted the following report of original re- 

 search among the Haidas on this subject, by Mr. James G. Swan, of 

 Port Townsend, Washington, for which the thanks of this Bureau are 

 tendered to him. 

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