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His brilliant wool was twisted into many little sharp cones, which stuck 
out over his head like so many spikes on an ancient battle club. For 
some reason there seems to be a much greater neglect of the care of 
the hair, and, indeed, of the whole person, in the northern than in the 
southern camps. 
The women dress their hair more simply than the men. From a line 
crossing the head from ear to ear the hair is gathered up and bound, 
just above the neck, into a knot somewhat like that often made by the 
civilized woman, the Indian woman’s hair being wrought more into the 
shape of a cone, sometimes quite clongated and sharp at the apex. A 
piece of bright ribbon is commonly used at the end as a finish to the 
structure. The front hair hangs down over the forehead and along the 
cheeks in front of the ears, being what we call “banged.” The only 
exception to this style of hair dressing I saw was the manner in which 
Ci-ha-ne, a negress, had disposed of her long crisp tresses. Hers was 
a veritable Medusa head. A score or more of dangling, snaky plaits, 
hanging down over her black face and shoulders gave her a most repul- 
sive appearance. Among the little Indian girls the hair is simply 
braided into a queue and tied with a ribbon, as we often see the hair 
upon the heads of our school children. 
ORNAMENTATION OF CLOTHING. 
The clothing of both men and women is ordinarily more or less orna- 
mented. Braids and strips of cloth of various colors are used and 
wrought upon the garments into odd and sometimes quite tasteful 
shapes. The upper parts of the shirts of the women are usually em- 
broidered with yellow, red, and brown braids. Sometimes as many as 
five of these braids lie side by side, parallel with the upper edge of the 
garment or dropping into a sharp angle between the shoulders. Occa- 
sionally a very narrow cape, attached, I think, to the shirt, and much 
ornamented with braids or stripes, hangs just over the shoulders and 
back. The same kinds of material used for ornamenting the shirt are 
also used in decorating the skirt above the lower edge of the petti- 
coat. The women embroider along this edge, with their braids and the 
narrow colored stripes, a border of diamond and square shaped figures, 
which is often an elaborate decoration to the dress. In like manner 
many of the shirts of the men are made pleasing to the eye. I saw 
no ornamentation in curves: it was always in straight lines and angles. 
USE OF BEADS. 
My attention was called to the remarkable use of beads among these 
Indian women, young and old. It seems to be the ambition of the 
Seminole squaws to gather about their necks as many strings of beads 
as can be hung there and as they can carry. They are particular as to 
the quality of the beads they wear. They are satisfied with nothing 
meaner than a cut glass bead, about a quarter of an inch or more in 
