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wliicli iM'c .MthKlicd chiws (if liinls i>\' \>vt'y likt- ciifrlfs. I icrft'lcls." Imzziirds, etc., 

 whirl! wiii'ii llics*' jrirls \v;ilk ni.ikc ,1 kind of clickinc. wldili plciiscs llicin. 'I'liis 

 sort of oniaiiu'iit (Iocs not ill rcsonililc tliosc ni'ts with which our horses jire 

 covered to protect tliciii troni the llics.'' 



DnrinK the hot season the men wear only a l)ro(>clicloth (hraycr) (pi. !i. ti). 

 This is the skin of a deer dressed white or dyed Mack, but few except chiefs 

 wear hreechcloths of black skin. Those who are near the French wear breecb- 

 clotlis made of fJiiihititnt. The latter arc made of a quarter of an ell of clotli, 

 wliicii. tiein.i-' an ell and a iiuarlcr wide, makes a breech<-lotli five quarters lonj; 

 by one (piarter widi'. In Ibis way there is some binding' at each end. To 

 sustain this breechcloth they have a belt about the Injis. into which they pass 

 one end. at a hei>;hl of 4 inches above tbe loins. The rest, passinix l)etween 

 the thighs, comes \]\> intn the belt next the skin, and tiic cud. to llie Icn^'tli of 

 about a foot and a li.-ilt', falls back on tbe tbiirhs. Those who have deerskins 

 use them in the same manner. * * * 



When it is cold the men cover lliemselves with a shirt made of two dressed 

 deerskins (pi. 2, h), which resembles rather a nightjiown than a shirt, the sleeves 

 having only such a length as tbe breadth of tbe skin ]>ermits. They also 

 make a garment for themselves such as the French call «///f/.s.sr.y, but which they 

 ought rather to name cuissards, since it covers the thighs and descends from the 

 hips as far as the region of the moccasins and enters these to the ankles. When 

 they have red or blue Limbourg they take pleasure in dressing themselves up, 

 whether with blankets or nuta-s.svs. 



Over all these, if the cold is a little severe, they wear a bison robe left un- 

 colored on the side toward the [animal's] tlesh. and with the hair left on. which 

 they place against the body because it is warmer. In the country where beavers 

 are found they make i-obes composed of six skins of these animals. When the 

 daj's begin to grow finer and the cold is no longer so violent, the men and women 

 cover themselves only with a deerskin dressed white, and sometimes colored 

 black. There are some of these which have daul>iiigs in designs of different 

 colors, as in red or in yellow with black lines. 



The women in the warm season wear only half an ell of Limboiinj, with 

 which they cover themselves. They wind this cloth about their bodies, and are 

 well covered from the belt to the knees. When they have no more Liwhoury 

 they employ for the same ijurpose a deerskin. With women, as with men, 

 the I'emainder of the body is uncovered. 



If the women know how to work them, they make mantles for themselves 

 either of feathers or of mulberry bark. * * 



When it is hot, the women wear only a mantle in the shai)e of a skirt, but 

 when the cold makes itself felt they wear a second, tbe middle of which passes 

 under the right arm, the two corners being fa.stened on the left shoulder. In 

 this manner the two arms are free and only one breast is visible. They wear 

 nothing on their heads (pi. 2, c). 



The boys and the young girls are not dressed at all, but when the girls are from 

 8 to 10 years of age they are coTered from the belt to the ankle with a fringe 

 of mulberry threads attached to a band which passes under the belly. There 

 is also another band over the navel, which is joined to the first behind. The 

 belly between the two is covered with a netting, which holds them in place, 

 and there are behind only two large cords, each of which has a tassel. The 

 boys begin to cover themselves only at the age of twelve or thirteen (pi. 2, f)S 



" Male birds of prey 



^ Dumont. Mem. Hist, sur La Louisiane. 1. ia7-l.S0, 1 7. ">.'.. 



" Du Pratz. Hist, do La Louisiane, 11. tOO-l'.l7. Tlie jiarafjiraplis havi' l>een rearranged 



