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KEPORT — 1892. 



wood, perforated shells (obtained from tlie store), and little trophies of the 

 chase. Feathers of the owl and chicken-hawk are highly prized as orna- 



FlG. 11. — Indian quirt or whip. Handle of wood, 15^ inches long by 2^ at widest 

 part, studded with brass tacks. The lashes are 19| inches long. 



ments. Earrings (d'qkokwd'tsJi'ak'u'ndm) of shells with serrated edges are 

 much worn by both men and women, and some seem to have their ears 

 disfigured by reason of these ornaments. 



Fig. 12. Necklace of Kootenay Indian. Contains two bears' teeth, a few beads, and 

 in the centre a stone charm. The material is dark, slaty stone. The teeth are 

 2i inches long, and the stone 2|- inches. 



Many of the Indians still carry about their persons the horse-shoe 

 steel (dqkte'mdtl) for striking fire, which the Hudson's Bay Company 

 distributed long ago, and the nippers (tluqtlu'tldhdlpkine'mdtl) used for 

 extracting the hairs on the face and body. 



