484 SEMINOLE INDIANS OF FLORIDA. 
The next article of the man’s ordinary costume is the turban. This 
is a remarkable structure and gives to its wearer much of his unique 
appearance. At present it is made of one or more small shawls. These 
shawls are generally woolen and copied in figure and color from the 
plaid of some Scotch clan. They are so folded that they are about 3 
inches wide and as long as the diagonal of the fabric. They are then, 
one or more of them successively, wrapped tightly around the head, the 
top of the head remaining bare; the last end of the last shawl is tucked 
skillfully and firmly away, without the use of pins, somewhere in the 
many folds of the turban. The structure when finished looks like a 
section of a decorated cylinder crowded down upon the man’s head. I 
examined one of these turbans and 
found it a rather firm piece of work, 
made of several Shawls wound into 
seven concentric rings. It was over 
20 inches in diameter, the shell of 
the cylinder being perhaps 7 inches 
thick and 3 in width. This head- 
dress, at the southern settlements, 
is regularly worn in the camps and 
sometimes on the hunt. While hunt- 
ing, however, it seems to be the gen- 
eral custom for the warriors to go 
bareheaded. At thenorthern camps, 
a kerclief bound about the head 
frequently takes the place of the 
turban in everyday life, but on dress 
or festival occasions, at both the 
northern and the southern settle- 
ments, this curious turban is the 
customary covering for the head of 
the Seminole brave. Having no 
pockets in his dress, he has discov- 
ered that the folds of his turban may 
be put to a pocket’s uses. Those 
who use tobacco (I say * those” be- 
cause the tobacco habit is by no 
means universal among the red men 
of Florida) frequently carry their 
pipes and other articles in their tur- 
bans. 
When the Seminole warrior makes his rare visits to the white man’s 
settlements, he frequently adds to his scanty camp dress leggins and 
moccasins. 
In the camps I saw but one Indian wearing leggins (Fig. 62); he, 
however, is in every way a peculiar character among his people, and 
is objectionably favorable to the white man aud the white man’s ways. 







Fic. 62. Key West Billy. 
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