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paint to prevent their blushes being seen. They paint their faces very 

 differently — sometimes in streaks on the cheeks, sometimes the whole 

 cheek, or other parts of the face. There is no order about it. They 

 use their fingers for brushes. Formerly there was much more of it than, 

 now, it being almost universal in time of war. 



The native red paint was obtained from a tree in the mountains, 

 and apparently has the grain of the bark ; but from their description 

 of it I think it is a parasite of the tree, and is prepared in some way, 

 which certainly, from the specimen I have seen, does not destroy the 

 grain of the plant, which is very coarse. 



Tattoos and apparatus. — A little of this is done, but much less than 

 formerly, and chiefly now among the children. In doing it, they use a 

 needle and thread, blackening the thread with charcoal, and drawing it 

 under the skin as deeply as they can bear it. 



Scarring lancets and flint. — There are none now. Probably there were 

 formerly, but I cannot learn definitely about them. 



B. — Head ornaments. 



Plumes and the like. — It is very seldom now that they wear native- 

 plumes in their hats. Formerly they were quite common, eagle's and 

 hawks' feathers being preferred. Occasionally now in play the boys 

 put a feather in their hats. Two or three of the men have their caps 

 trimmed with a band of fur or red velvet. The few women who have 

 hats have an ostrich feather in them, bought with them. 



Hair-pins. — Some of the women braid the hair and put it up with 

 pins ; a few put it up in nets, but generally it is left to hang down un- 

 braided. 



Tuching-combs. — Yery few are used. 



Ear-rings and pendants. — They wear both native ear-rings and Amer- 

 ican cheap jewelry. One kind of native ear-ring is about an inch square, 

 green, and made of a large oyster-shell. Another is their ancient money, 

 obtained, as they say, far off in the ocean, ]3robably north. They are 

 white, about an inch and three-fourths in length, three-sixteenths in 

 diameter at the larger end, and tapering toward the smaller end and 

 slightly curved. Small bits of black or red cloth are thrust into the 

 large end of them. About ten of them are worn in each ear. They 

 also buy of other Indians, one made of silver, about two inches long, 

 one-half an inch in diameter at the lower end, and tapering toward the 

 upper end. I have also seen money used as a child's ear-ring. Except 

 in the cases of a few old ones, the men wear none. The old women 

 more commonly wear the shells, and the younger ones American cheap 

 jewelry. 



Head-hands were also made of the second kind of shell, used for ear- 

 rings (see ear-rings of present section); also used for money, and called 

 dentalia. Enough of these were strung to go around the head, but 

 often ten or fifteen were placed side by side, making a wide head-band 



