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varieties of these ' kettles ' are called yl'tskl, the smaller yi'tski na'na. 

 The terms yitshl'mt, d'tcu, and cl'gatla'Ek are also in use, the last amongst 

 the Lower Kootenays. These root vessels are often stained and orna- 

 mented in carious fashion. The Kootenays also make baskets or ' kettles ' 

 of birch bark. These, which are sometimes very large, are called nd'lielc. 

 All the Kootenay women make moccasins, gloves, and shirts from the 

 skins of various animals, and these are often artistically embroidered and 

 ornamented with silk and beads ; also pouches, bags, &c., of like 



Fig. 7. — Gold dust. bag. 

 Original is 1\ inches 

 long by 2f wide : made 

 of buckskin, and orna- 

 mented with bead- 

 work. 



Fig. 8. — Ochre-bag of 

 Indians, heavily beaded. 

 Original is .5| inches by 

 3i inches. 



Fig. 9. — Glove, ' made to 

 order,' by Indian woman. 

 Original is 8^ inches by 

 4 inches. 



material. The skins used, after being deprived of the flesh and fat 

 adhering to them, are stretched over hoops of willow and a fire built 

 under them. After this treatment they are tanned with deer's brains, so 

 that they become very soft and pliable. 



Dress (d'qkoldld'ntes, his clothes). 



The dress of the Kootenays varies considerably. Very many of the 

 women and a large number of the men have, to a greater or less extent, 

 adopted civilised attire. But perhaps the majority of the men still cling 

 to the old blanket-legging (dqk'atu'ktluk), the blanket (se't) formerly so 

 much in use, and the customary moccasins (tld'Eu). The shirt of 

 buckskin (^dqlal! tuu' mtldEf) is replaced by one procured from the store, 

 which, as a rule, is worn over the breeches and not tucked in. The Lower 

 Kootenays in dress, as in several other respects, are more primitive than 

 the Upper. Some few of them dress like white men, but in summer most 

 of them go bare-foot and bare-legged, having frequently no other garment 

 than an old shirt. In this guise they wade through the swampy meadows 

 or urge their horses over the grassy plains. 



The girls and women are, as a rule, attired like the whites. The boys 

 wear nothing but a shirt and a very narrow breech-clout, tEskdp'ukwd- 

 nl'mo. In the winter the dress of the Lower Kootenays varies, some 

 clinging to the old blanket, others dressing like the white man. 



Those Kootenays who do not go bare-headed wear felt or straw hats 



