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leggings and waist-cloth. Over their shoulders, when they were not 

 actively engaged, they wore, toga-fashion, a native blanket. The women 

 of the nobler class wore a dressed deer-skin shroud or smock, which 

 reached from the shoulders to below their knees ; inferior women wore 

 only short petticoats of woven slo'ioi. Moccasins were worn at times by 

 both sexes. The women sometimes covered their heads with a plaited 

 conical hat with broad sloping brim. This served also as a receptacle for 

 berries and other small things if no basket were at hand. The exterior of 

 these hats was commonly figured in red and black paints or dyes. Some 

 of the older women may still be occasionally seen wearing them, but they 

 have gone out of use generally. 



Taltiioinij and Painting. 



In earlier days the men used to paint themselves for dancing and other 

 ceremonies. I could not learn that the men ever tattooed their bodies. 

 A favourite decoration was that effected by sprinkling particles of mica 

 over their faces and bodies upon a groundwork of grease. This gave 



Markings on right arm above back of the hand. 



Colour blue. 

 Markings on left arm above back of the Land. 



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Colour blue. 



their bodies a glistening appearance. They obtained the mica for this 

 purpose from disintegrated granite. The women commonly employed a 

 kitid of red clay for facial decoration. This they smeared over their 

 cheeks, chins, and foreheads. When confined only to the cheeks and not 

 too lavishly put on the effect was not displeasing to the eye. It gave 

 them a ruddy, comely appearance. The old women of pagan habits still 

 decorate themselves in this way. The women were accustomed to tattoo 

 themselves on the arm or wrist and lower leg. The markings were 

 always simple and generally crude, bearing no resemblance whatever to 

 the elaborate and fanciful designs of the Haida and other northern 

 Indians. A copy of the markings on the arms of one of my informants, 

 is given above. 



Games. 

 The Sk-qO'mic had a variety of games. I obtained some information 

 on some of these. The commonest and most popular were the ball games 



