MACCAULEY.] WOMEN’S COSTUME. 485 
He is called by the white men ‘‘ Key West Billy,” having received this 
name because he once made a yoyage in a canoe out of the Everglades 
and along the line of keys south of the Florida mainland to Key West, 
where he remained for some time. The act itself 
was so extraordinary, and it was so unusual for 
a Seminole to enter a white man’s town and re- 
main there for any length of time, that a com- 
memorative name was bestowed upon him. The 
materials of which the leggins of the Seminole 
are usually made is buckskin. I saw, however, 
one pair of leggins made of a bright red flannel, 
and ornamented along the outer seams with a 
blue and white cross striped braid. The moc- 
casins, also, are made of buckskin, of either a 
yellow or dark red color. They are made to lace 
high about the lower part of the leg, the lacing 
running from below the instep upward. As show- 
ing what changes are going on among the Semi- 
nole, I may mention that a few of them possess 
shoes, and one is even the owner of a pair of fron- 
tier store boots. The blanket is not often worn 
by the Florida Indians. Occasionally, in their 
cool weather, a small shawl, of the kind made to 
do service in the turban, is thrown about the 
shoulders. Oftener a piece of calico or white 
cotton cloth, gathered about the neck, becomes 
the extra protection against mild coolness in 
their winters. 
COSTUME OF THE WOMENG 




The costume of the women is hardly more 
complex than that of the men. It consists, ap- 
parently, of but two garments, one of which, for lack of a better Eng- 
lish word, I name a short shirt, the other a long skirt. The shirt 
is eut quite low at the neck and is just long enough to cover the 
breasts. Its sleeves are buttoned close about the wrists. The gar- 
meut is otherwise buttonless, being wide enough at the neck for it to be 
easily put on or taken off over the head. The conservatism of the 
Seminole Indian is shown in nothing more clearly than in the use, by the 
women, of this much abbreviated covering for the upper part of their 
bodies. The women are noticeably modest, yet it does not seem to 
have occurred to them that by making a slight change in their upper gar- 
ment they might free themselves from frequent embarrassment. In 
going about their werk they were constantly engaged in what our 
street boys would e¢all “ pulling down their vests.” This may have 
been done because astranger’s eyes were upon them; but I noticed that 
in rising or in sitting down, or at work, it was a perpetually renewed 
Fic. 63. Seminole costume. 
