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XVIII.— COLORS. 



Many other distinctions of color than those given below may be observed, and many arrangemen^.ofjOqls^r. noticed, as in spots, stripes, checks, 

 <ftc.. all of which should be recorded. 



Intermediate tints should be asked for, and frequently it will be found that words used for designating such are compounds of names understood 

 by the Indians to indicate di.stinct colors. Thus, in the Ute language, un^kaf is red, to-ker is black, and brown is uii^ld-ker. 



