72 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



^ A— CLOTHING. 



A. — Eaw material. 



STcinSj sinews. — Formerly, clothes were made of dressed deer-skins 

 sewed with sinews. I, however, have seen only one pair of pants here 

 made of this material, and they were bought of the Chehalis Indians. 

 A few moccasins are made of deer-skins. They dress a few deer and 

 elk skins and catch a few beaver and seals, but sell most of the skins to 

 the whites. 



Wool and hair. — Formerly, a blanket was made of dogs' hair and feath- 

 ers, but not now. They have no sheep, but buy a little wool, which they 

 card, spin into yarn, and knit into socks and stockings. 



B. — Fabrics in different stages of manufacture. 



Dressed sJcins and furs. — l*5'othiug except what is spoken of in the pre 

 ceding section. 



Woolen, cotton, and linen stuffs. — They buy a large amount of these 

 kinds of American goods, which they make into dresses, women's un- 

 derwear, shirts, children's clothes, and the like, and articles of house- 

 hold use. 



C. — Suits of clothing. 



Of dignitaries. — There are none; neither the chiefs nor the medicine- 

 men dressing differently from others. 



Of male adults. — They generally dress with plain American clothing 

 of all kinds during the week, though they do not keep it very clean. 

 For Sunday, Fourth of July, and public days, most of the men have 

 good pants, broadcloth or linen coats, according to the season, white 

 bosom-shirts, collars, neckties, shoes and boots, socks, vests, hats, and 

 caps. 



Of females. — They dress very much as American women, with plain 

 clothes. For more particulars, see the following paragraphs. 



Of children. — At home, those just able to run around sometimes have 

 little more than a long shirt, but generally they have more, especially 

 as they grow older ; very seldom, however, wearing shoes during the 

 week-days. They have good clothes, like American children, for Sun- 

 days. Nearly all of school-going age are in the boarding-house, where 

 they are provided with plain, strong American clothes as American 

 children. Government furnishing the cloth, and the matron or her as- 

 sistant making the clothes. 



I'or special occasions. — Nothing except that both men, women, and 

 children have better clothes for Sunday and j^rominent days than their 

 common every-day wear. 



Of special castes or crafts. — None. 



D. — Head-clothing. 

 Head-cloths, hoods, &c. — The women often tie handkerchiefs around 



