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  FUTURE 
  OF 
  THE 
  SOCIETY. 
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  sists 
  chiefly 
  of 
  curved 
  lines, 
  and 
  this 
  has 
  gradually 
  become 
  modified 
  

   through 
  instruction 
  from 
  the 
  Catholic 
  sisters 
  at 
  various 
  early 
  mis- 
  

   sion 
  establishments 
  until 
  now, 
  when 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  brought 
  about 
  

   a 
  common 
  system 
  of 
  working 
  upon 
  cloth 
  or 
  velvet, 
  in 
  patterns, 
  con- 
  

   sisting 
  of 
  vines, 
  leaves, 
  and 
  flowers, 
  often 
  exceedingly 
  attractive 
  

   though 
  not 
  aboriginal 
  in 
  the 
  true 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  word. 
  

  

  Bands 
  of 
  flannel 
  or 
  buckskin, 
  handsomely 
  beaded, 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  pantaloons, 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  an 
  officer's 
  

   stripes, 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  bottom. 
  Collars 
  are 
  also 
  used, 
  in 
  addition 
  

   to 
  necklaces 
  of 
  claws, 
  shells, 
  or 
  other 
  objects. 
  

  

  Armlets 
  and 
  bracelets 
  are 
  sometimes 
  made 
  of 
  bands 
  of 
  bead 
  work, 
  

   though 
  brass 
  wire 
  or 
  pieces 
  of 
  metal 
  are 
  preferred. 
  

  

  Bags 
  made 
  of 
  cloth, 
  beautifully 
  ornamented 
  or 
  entirely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  beads, 
  are 
  worn, 
  supported 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  broad 
  

   band 
  or 
  baldric 
  passing 
  over 
  the 
  opposite 
  shoulder. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  

   decorated 
  with 
  disks 
  of 
  metal 
  and 
  tufts 
  of 
  colored 
  horse 
  hair 
  or 
  

   moose 
  hair 
  and 
  with 
  eagle 
  feathers 
  to 
  designate 
  the 
  particular 
  

   exploits 
  performed 
  by 
  the 
  wearer. 
  

  

  Few 
  emblems 
  of 
  personal 
  valor 
  or 
  exploits 
  are 
  now 
  worn, 
  as 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  generation 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  

   actively 
  engaged 
  in 
  war, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  generally 
  found 
  only 
  among 
  

   the 
  older 
  members 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  wearing 
  upon 
  the 
  head 
  eagle 
  

   feathers 
  bearing 
  indications 
  of 
  significant 
  markings 
  or 
  cuttings. 
  A 
  

   feather 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  split 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  toward 
  the 
  middle 
  denotes 
  

   that 
  the 
  wearer 
  was 
  wounded 
  by 
  an 
  arrow. 
  A 
  red 
  spot 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  

   silver 
  dime 
  painted 
  upon 
  a 
  feather 
  shows 
  the 
  wearer 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   wounded 
  by 
  a 
  bullet. 
  The 
  privilege 
  of 
  wearing 
  a 
  feather 
  tipped 
  with 
  

   red 
  flannel 
  or 
  horse 
  hair 
  dyed 
  red 
  is 
  recognized 
  only 
  when 
  the 
  wearer 
  

   has 
  killed 
  an 
  enemy, 
  and 
  when 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  in 
  

   war 
  the 
  so-called 
  war 
  bonnet 
  is 
  worn, 
  and 
  may 
  consist 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  feathers 
  exceeding 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  killed, 
  the 
  idea 
  to 
  be 
  

   expressed 
  being 
  "a 
  great 
  number," 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  specific 
  enumera- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  Ojibwa 
  admit 
  that 
  in 
  former 
  times 
  they 
  had 
  many 
  

   other 
  specific 
  ways 
  of 
  indicating 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  personal 
  exploits, 
  

   they 
  now 
  have 
  little 
  opportunity 
  of 
  gaining 
  such 
  distinction, 
  and 
  

   consequently 
  the 
  practice 
  has 
  fallen 
  into 
  desuetude. 
  

  

  FUTURE 
  OF 
  THE 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  a 
  treaty 
  now 
  being 
  made 
  between 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Government 
  and 
  the 
  Ojibwa 
  Indians, 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  to 
  relinquish 
  the 
  

   several 
  areas 
  of 
  land 
  at 
  present 
  occupied 
  by 
  them 
  and 
  to 
  remove 
  to 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  Lake 
  and 
  White 
  Earth 
  Reservations 
  and 
  take 
  

   lands 
  in 
  severalty. 
  By 
  this 
  treaty 
  about 
  4,000,000 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  will 
  

   be 
  ceded 
  to 
  the 
  Government, 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  bands 
  

   will 
  become 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  thus 
  their 
  tribal 
  ties 
  

  

  