338 THE NISHINAM. 
Ulli? spiecas: 2 2.15 alain eee ote ate ee ree ee eee $24 
Wilko. AP spisees tc. sees en ee ee eee ee 18 
Mllo: 0" pieces, < 13-5 Sa. ned coke oo ee Oe ee 20 
Willa, 15 pieces... 1. les otee sae a ee eee 30 
Willo,’ LOspieces;> 728 oe bok. tase eee oe ee 5 
Ullo, LO pISCes Ssh eee aloe kee aoe ree eee es 10 
Ullo; 314 quiletesr 25.228. kane seesrencen eee 14 
hi dalks.'2 Sax be ee is eee ee Ane oe oe ee 24 
nee ati Sik pcs Ei eben tote Sis oh a ee Ob ere 20 
Pars@lare e278. Sous Se. ou ee eee Se eee 14 
Pea Qa: 256: 522 6 OE Ne ya i ae naar Re EEN Te i 
Wea SehG7- eee = cee oe 2 oe s See oe ee On ee ee ee 6 
Pal chat: <5 Hote <5). see ee US SS oe ea A Ot ee 5 
Twempalonesoretsie. 4.9s¢ fos. Soe eee Bee eee ee 10 
Adaiasten ec oats: es Aas eo etie Oe Leh tel: SOc eee eee 5 
Bollco VA sya 2.52 Jb tse et eels a eee 2 ae eee 14 
One griazly-bearskim: |)... .o02) 23.320 ae 2 ae oes Ee 50 
Wnevemnamon-beam skim, Ao) bo. ese See 2 fe Se eee 4 
One 'bear-skin robe. . 22 lh4et ee ec he ee 75 
"Total's 8 <3 We See ce Ree ee Pe Sere eee $606 
The hdwok was all in one string, and contained 1,160 pieces. Tom 
was very proud of this, and would suffer no one but his wife to be photo- 
graphed wearing it. The kolkol was strung in a double string, the shells 
lying face to face; it is slightly esteemed. The “red alabaster”, brought 
from Sonoma, was in the form of a cylinder, about as large as one’s little 
finger, an inch long, drilled lengthwise, and forming the front piece in a 
string of shell-beads worn by Captain Tom’s baby. One of the girdles, 
pacha, was decorated with 214 small pieces of abalone; the hair-net con- 
tained about 100. 
Following is a list of articles of dress and ornament worn by the 
Nishinam, which with a change of names would answer for nearly all the 
tribes in Central California: (1) The hare-skin robe, often trimmed with 
ground-squirrel tails, generally used as bedding, but sometimes worn in the 
rainy season. (2) The breech-cloth of hetcheled and braided tule-grass, 
